CAJS Rar Ms 745 Chaje Alter poetry book :
Title
Chaje Alter poetry book :Authors
- Alter, Chaje
אלטער, חיה רחל
Other related names
- Goldman, Yosef, former owner
Call number
CAJS Rar Ms 745(420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3703, University of Pennsylvania, Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9979448511303681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1460735373
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In Hebrew, with Song of Solomon translated to Yiddish (f. 1r-12r)Origin
- Date
- 1918?-1940?
- Place
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Kaunas, Lithuania
Summary
Student poetry book of Chaje Alter, reflecting a modern Zionistic curriculum; the table of contents (f. 1v-2r) precedes the text, which opens with the Song of Solomon translated (on opposing folio side) to Yiddish, and continuing with Hebrew poetry (with author citation following each poem; authors such as Juda Löb Bensew (f. 13v), Ze'ev Yavetz (f. 17r), Aharon Rosenfeld (f. 18r), Judah Leib Gordon (f. 22r), Sara Schapira (f. 27r), Aharon Eliyahu Pompeiansky (f. 28r), Salomon Mandelkern (f. 32r), Menahem Mendel Dolitzky (f. 32v), Avraham Eliyahu Sandler (f. 41r), Yonah Gerstein (f. 43r), Abraham Goldfaden (f. 48v), Isaac Leib Peretz (f. 50v), and Avraham Dov Lifshitz (f. 55r). Printed sources include the periodicals Ha-melits and Ha-shaḥar; written in a cursive script.
Notes
- Pasted beer labels from Kaunas distillers pasted to front folio.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent
60 leaves : 23 x 18 cmSupport
PaperProvenance
- Formerly owned by collector Yosef Goldman (Israel Mizrahi).
- Sold by Mizrahi Bookstore, 2024.
Subjects topical
- Hebrew poetry--20th century
- Women poets
- Manuscripts, Hebrew--Lithuania--Kaunas--20th century--Specimens
- Manuscripts, Yiddish--Lithuania--Kaunas--20th century--Specimens
Genres
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Poetry
- bottle labels (paper labels)
Licenses
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