Hebrew MS 24 Amidat musaf le-Rosh ha-Shanah, or Amidah prayer for the additional service of New Year
Title
Amidat musaf le-Rosh ha-Shanah, or Amidah prayer for the additional service of New YearOther related names
- Black, W.H., former owner
- Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/9985420)
Call number
Hebrew MS 24(Manchester, United Kingdom, University of Manchester, University of Manchester Library, Hebrew Manuscripts)
Publisher
University of Manchester LibraryLanguage
HebrewOrigin
Eighteenth or nineteenth century
- Place
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Province of Henan, China.
Summary
Entitled Qorban Musaf [קורבן מוסף], this Amidah prayer for the additional service (musaf) of New Year (Rosh ha-Shanah) originates from the Jewish community of Kaifeng in Henan, China. The manuscript has distinctive features such as the use of paper formed by multiple layers resembling rice paper and the square format and "Chinese" features of the script. A note on the front cover states that the manuscript is one of those which the Kaifeng Jews brought to Shanghai in 1851. This occurred following attempts by Christian missionaries to make contact with their community.
Notes
- Folio 13a: handwritten note in pencil reading "Ps. cxxii". Manuscript paper is possibly muslberry based, made up of five layers per bifolio.
Extent
16 ff.; 301 x 302 mmFoliation
Modern pencil foliation in Arabic numerals at the top outer corner of side a of each folio. Hebrew foliation at the top inner corner of side b of each folio from 1 [א] to 8 [ח].Collation
One quire of 8 bifolios.Support
PaperCatchwords
Diagonal catchword at the bottom inner corner of side b of each folio.Layout
Script
Colophon
Tiberian vocalisation. Some marginal signs appear in the manuscript in the margins, indicating specific sections of the text (see folios 2b, 4b, 11b).Provenance
- Acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford of Haigh Hall, and later bequeathed to the John Rylands Library.
Subjects topical
- Prayer--Judaism
- Judaism--Liturgy Texts
Keywords
- 18th century
- 19th century
- Jewish
- Prayer
- Liturgy
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Table of contents
- Front cover — Handwritten note reading: "קרבן מוסף / This Liturgical MS. of the Honan Jews / delivered by them to the Reverend Solomon / Carpenter, at Shanghai, in 1851, was / by him deposited among the Hebrew MSS. / at Mill Yard, 15 Third 1859. Signed: W.H. Black.
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Section: Handwritten note reading: "קרבן מוסף / This Liturgical MS. of the Honan Jews / delivered by them to the Reverend Solomon / Carpenter, at Shanghai, in 1851, was / by him deposited among the Hebrew MSS. / at Mill Yard, 15 Third 1859. Signed: W.H. Black.
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Inside back cover5079_0034.tif (99.4 MB)
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Decoration: Bookplate of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana
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