Description of British Library, Add MS 27029: Sidur (סדור) contributor Ilana Tahan cataloger Agata Paluch The Polonsky Foundation British Library These images and the content of British Library Add MS 27029: Sidur (סדור) are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. To the extent possible under law, British Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about British Library Add MS 27029: Sidur (סדור). This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode. Daniyel ben Yitsḥaḳ of Ventura: inscribed with his name in the colophon, Bologna, [5]261 [1501] (folio 140r); the word Daniel is decorated (folio 72v). Avraham Farissol: inscribed with his name in the colophon, [5]262 [1502] (folio 182v). Daṿid Marḳ of Cine bar Avraham: inscribed with his name in the colophon upon the erased name of the patron (folio 182v). Riḳah, the sister of Daniyel ben Yitsḥaḳ of Ventura, wife of Eli῾ezer of Rovigo, first owner: inscribed with her name in the colophon, Bologna, [5]261 [1501] (folio 140r). Dominico Irosolimitano (fl. 1585-1624): inscribed with his name (folio 182v); see 62-74. Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965. United Kingdom London British Library Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project Add MS 27029 http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27029 https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscripts A daily prayer book, according to the Italian rite. Hebrew Sidur (סדור) 1r Services for week-days 35r Services for Shabat 64v Special portions for Rosh ḥodesh, Purim etc. 73v Services for Pesaḥ 83v Services for Shavu῾ot 86v Services for Rosh ha-shanah 102v Services for Yom Kipur 122r Services for Sukot 145v A collection of poetical pieces

Parchment

 182 folios; 182 folios Columns: 1; ruled lines: 16; written lines: 16; Uniform layout. Visible plummet ruling. Initial words written in larger characters. Hair side and flesh side are indistinguishable. Gilt edges. Erasures by censors (e. g. folios 10r, 24v, 25r, 31r, 94r, 135v). Italian semi-cursive, Ashkenazi and Provencal square script, punctuated. Daniyel ben Yitsḥaḳ of Ventura (folios 1-143) and Avraham Farissol (folios 144-182).

Post-1600. Ivory leather. Spine: 'Siddur. Roman Use. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,029.'

1501

Italy, C.BolognaFerrara Acquisition: Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), Italian bibliophile: his manuscript no. 135 (inscribed, folio [185v]); 322 Hebrew manuscripts were acquired from his library by the British Museum in 1865 through Asher & Co., Berlin dealer to the British Museum (see 131-153): inscribed, [183v].