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Title

Seder shel Rosh ha-Shanah ke-minhag ḳahal ḳodesh Ḳarpinṭrats /
סדר של ראש השנה כמנהג קהל קדש קארפינטרץ

Authors

• Moldovan Family Judaica Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Other related names

• Milhaud, ʻImanuʼel ben Gad de, scribe
  דמילייאב, עמנואל בן גד,
• Moldovan, Joseph, donor
• Moldovan, Susan, donor

Call number

CAJS Rar Ms 483
(420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3703, University of Pennsylvania, Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977501443403681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1089759333

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Hebrew

Origin

Date

1699-1700

Place

Carpentras?

Summary

This is a manuscript of Rosh ha-Shanah prayers in the rite of the community of Carpentras, today a commune in the department of Vaucluse in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It begins with piyutim for the eve of Rosh ha-Shanah, and following are the opening prayers for Shaḥarit, after moving to the Shaḥarit portion for the first day of Rosh ha-Shanah; Musaf follows, and it appears as though the scribe does not include the custom for Ḥazarat ha-shats (cantor's repetition of the silent ʹAmidah prayer), when special prayers and customs are often recited; in this manuscript, Musaf is just written followed by the instructions to "go home in peace" ("ṿe-Toḳʹin kan ke-yom rishon ṿe-yomar Musaf ... ṿe-holkhim le-betam le-shalom"; f. 90v). Finally, prayers for the eve (likely recited after midnight) of Tsom Gedaliyah, which falls on the day after Rosh ha-Shanah, follows the Shaḥarit of the second day. The manuscript runs through the prayers without making mention of the specific rites and differences within the Carpentras liturgical custom; of interest are the pizmonim, or recitationals, possibly for the time of the initial blowing of the shofar, although mentioned only for the second day (f. 88v-90r). The volume ends with penitential prayers for the eve of Rosh ha-Shanah, commonly referred to as Seliḥot (f. 92r-122v).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f.1r).
   

Watermark

Initials PV over horizontal trellis with hanging cluster of grapes (f. 21, 90, 124); bell held by mooring with a cross in the center (f. 125); partial watermark on f. 52-55, 60-62, 68.

Extent

125 leaves : 220 x 160 (175 x 115) mm bound to 230 x 175 mm

Collation

Paper, 125; 1¹⁰ 2¹⁴ 3¹⁰ 4¹⁴ 5¹⁰ 6-10¹² 11⁷ (+7); modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto, starting on title page, [1-125 (122-125 blank)].

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary green sheepskin on paper boards; corners bumped and peeling. Spine weak, with chords visible. Minimal warping of boards.

Layout

23 lines ruled in hardpoint; for poetic works, such as pizmonim, zulot, and baḳashot, two columns are used with each stanza centered with each refrain written in the center of the column; on some leaves with complex layouts the page is ruled vertically to create a grid for vertical alignment of partial lines (for example, f. 69, 95). The headings of the paragraphs are written in large bold. Quarto format.

Script

Written in a Provençal semi-cursive script with vowels; headers written in Ashkenazic cursive in the hand of ʻImanuʼel ben Gad de Milhaud. This scribe was prolific in creation of manuscripts for prayers in the customs of French communities, and he was active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Also, what appears to be the scribe's pen tests is on the inside of the front board: "eM em manuel" with six-pointed stars, more circles and wavy lines.

Provenance

• Presented to The Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joseph and Susan Moldovan (C'76).
   

Subjects topical

• Mahzorim
• Carpentras (France)--History--Sources

Genres

• Drawings (visual works)
• Diagrams
• Codices
• Mahzorim
• Manuscripts, Hebrew--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

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