Collection ID: 0021 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Other related names

• Gaster, Moses 1856-1939, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/12428346)

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• Former: Gaster 139

Publisher

Language

Origin

Place

Germany?

Summary

Yiddish or Judeo-German songs and poems, some of a satirical nature. The texts are in non-standard Yiddish with German influences, as is, for example, visible in the spelling.

Extent

Foliation

Collation

Support

Binding

Layout

Script

Provenance

• Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954. Front paste-down: Handwritten in blue crayon "139". Folio 1a: Handwritten in pencil "139". Folio 9b: Handwritten in black ink "139" and in pencil "9 fols. / M.G.".
   

Genres

• Poetry
• Satire
• Songs, Yiddish

Keywords

• Ashkenazi
• 19th century
• Paper
• Song book
• Germany
• Literature -- Poetry

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Table of contents

• 1a — Gaster Hebrew MS 139/1. The cheerful Hasid [ff. 1a-1b]. Seven stanzas separated by Roman numerals. Each stanza consists of four lines except the first, which is longer. Sporadic vocalization and rafe.
• 1b — Gaster Hebrew MS 139/2. The wicked wife [ff. 1b, continued on 9a]. Five stanzas separated by Roman numerals. Sporadic vocalisation and rafe. In standard Yiddish the last word would be ווייב vayb.
• 2a — Gaster Hebrew MS 139/3. I am content [ff. 2a-3a]. Fourteen stanzas separated by Arabic numerals. Most stanzas are four lines long. Sporadic vocalisation and rafe. At the end the German word "Ende" is written in old-German cursive scipt ("Sütterlin").
• 3a — Gaster Hebrew MS 139/4. Messianic times [ff. 3a-4b]. Eleven stanzas separated by Arabic numerals. Sporadic vocalisation and rafe. At the end the German word "Ende" is written in old-German cursive scipt ("Sütterlin").
• 4b — Gaster Hebrew MS 139/5. Song on how a father got his child [f. 4b]. One stanza. Sporadic rafe. At the end the German word "Ende" is written in old-German cursive scipt ("Sütterlin").
• 4b — Gaster Hebrew MS 139/6. Song about a man born blind [ff. 4b-5b]. Eight stanzas separated by Arabic numerals. Sporadic vocalisation and rafe. At the end the German word "Ende" is written in old-German cursive scipt ("Sütterlin").
• 5b — Gaster Hebrew MS 139/7. The tainted family [ff. 5b-6a]. Seven stanzas separated by Arabic numerals. Sporadic vocalisation and rafe. At the end the German word "Ende" is written in old-German cursive scipt ("Sütterlin").
• 6a — Gaster Hebrew MS 139/8. Song of a drunkard [ff. 6a-7b]. Twelve stanzas separated by Arabic numerals. Sporadic vocalisation and rafe. At the end the German word "Ende" is written in old-German cursive scipt ("Sütterlin").

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Handwritten in blue crayon "139".
• 1a — Handwritten in pencil "139".
• 9b — Handwritten in black ink "139" and in pencil "9 fols. / M.G.".