Halper 220 Dirges, part of a funeral service
Title
Dirges, part of a funeral serviceCall number
Halper 220(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Cairo Genizah Collection)
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Center for Advanced Judaic Studies LibraryLanguage
Hebrew; Judeo-ArabicOrigin
12th century-14th century?
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- Recto contains a dirge under the heading צידוק הדין. It is divided into four paragraphs, the first one starts איכה ארוכה ממלוכה. The recurrent theme is "night"; erasures and addenda in the margins; This may be a copy; Verso contains another dirge by Judah ha-Kohen, under the headingצדוק הדין לרבי יהודה הכהן הרב הגדול ז״ל. A complete alphabetic acrostic, that starts אתן צדק לפועל כל יצור; Four rhyming verses per strophe, the last of which is biblical, and shorter than the rest.
- Condition: nearly complete; lower half of verso is blank.
Extent
18.4 X 13.7 cm material applied: black inkSupport
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Provenance
- Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
- Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
- Amram.
Subjects topical
- Jewish mourning customs
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