Alphabetized Psalms : manuscript.
התהלים מסודר בכתב-יד.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Hartig, Marcus H., (Mordekhai ben Hirsch Ha-levi Homel), calligrapher, compiler, scribe.

האמיל, מרדכי בן הירש.

Standardized Title:

Bible. Psalms. Hebrew. Alphabetized (manuscript, Copenhagen 1876)

תנ"ך. תהלים. עברית. מסודר באלפבית (כתב-יד, קופנהגין 1876)

Language:

Hebrew

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

calligraphy (visual works)

psalms

Manuscripts, European.

psalms.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Taj-Art Judaica Auctions (Jerusalem), at auction (December 24, 2023) lot 153.

Physical Description:

66 leaves : paper ; 23 X 18 cm

Production:

[Copenhagen], 1876.

[קופנהגן], 1876.

Other Title:

title page text begins: Li-khevod tsuri ṿe-ḳoni katavti zeh ha-sefer asher bo timtsa kol pesuḳe de-Sefer Tehilim, meyusad ʻal pi Alif Bet ; hitḥalti ba-yom 1 de-Ḥanuḳah yeme hodot ule-halel be-ʻez[er] H. ṿe-siyamti be-ṭuv yom 1 de-Seliḥot ... bi-shenat [5636] le-f.ḳ.

title page text begins: לכבוד צורי וקוני כתבתי זה הספר אשר בו תמצא כל פסוקי דספר תהלים, מיוסד על פי אלף בית ; התחלתי ביום א' דחנוכה ימי הודות ולהלל בעז"ה וסימתי בטוב יום א' דסליחות אליך ה' שועתי ובבקר תפילתי תקדמך בשנת ז'מ'ר'ו' ה' כ'ב'ו'ד' ש'מ'ו' לפ"ק

Language Note:

In Hebrew.

Biography/History:

Marcus H. Hartig (or Hartvig; in Hebrew, מרדכי בן הירש האמיל, romanized as Mordekhai ben Hirsch Homel); born October 14, 1857 in Copenhagen (see his inscription in an 18th century illuminated parchment manuscript of Perek Shirah, then owned by his family, now The National Library of Israel Jerusalem Israel Ms. Heb. 4295=8, on the front flyleaf); he was also a calligrapher (his calligraphy on a manuscript he owned, today Jewish Community of Copenhagen Ms. 31).

Summary:

Marcus Hartig's alphabetization of the Hebrew Psalms, in his 1876 manuscript; every verse separated by opening letter, and every verse then ordered according to appearance in the Book of Psalms by chapter; the title statement (f. 1r) leaves the reason for the creation of this work unstated (possibly by commission). Written between two vertical bounding lines, creating margins (verses) and chapter and verse citation, in Hebrew letters, to the left margin of each folio side (every column headed with ק' and פ', for קאפיטל (kapital, or chapter) and פסוק (verse)); written in an Ashkenazic square script, vocalized; text written using a blue metallic ink. Title page decorated; "תהלים" written in a crosshatched pen calligraphy, with blank-outlined flourishes and dots inside letters; chronogram, monogram, and date written with gilt over letters (worn, and gilt partially faded); bound in contemporary rough black boards, with leather spine and board edges; endpapers with printed pattern.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Cited as:

Alphabetized Psalms (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 720). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1451039817