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Title

Sidur (סדור)

Funders

• The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Add MS 18692
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

• http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_18692
• https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscripts

Publisher

British Library

Language

Hebrew

Origin

Place

Italy

Summary

A daily prayer book.

Notes

• Joseph Bonaventura da Vigevano: inscribed in the colophon (folio 200r).
   
• Censored by Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active 1600-1624): inscribed with his name, 1620 (folio 286v); see 100-101, and appendix § 80-84.
   
• Censored by Dominico Irosolomitano, Italian censor (active 1575-1624): inscribed with his name (folio 287r); see 61, and appendix § 62-74.
   
• Censored by Fr. Hippolytus, Italian censor: inscribed with his name, 1601 (folio 287r).
   
• Images of the head, tail, and fore-edge will display as f.viii-r, f.viii-v and f.ix-r respectively.
   

Extent

287 folios; 287 folios

Support

Parchment

Binding

BM in-house. Spine: 'Prayer Book. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional MS. 18,692.'

Layout

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 distinguishable.

Script

Italian square script of the 15th century. Partially punctuated. Avraham Farissol of Ferrara: inscribed with his name in the colophon (folio 200r).

Provenance

• Acquisition: Adolphus Asher (b. 1800, d. 1853), Berlin bookseller and dealer to the British Museum (see 131-153): purchased from him on 24 May 1851: inscribed, [288v].
   

Related resources

• Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Services for week-days
• fol. 41r — Services for Shabat
• fol. 79r — Special portions for Rosh ḥodesh, Purim, Hanukah, etc.
• fol. 87v — Services for Pesaḥ
• fol. 118r — Services for Shavu῾ot
• fol. 125r — Services for Rosh ha-shanah
• fol. 147v — Services for Yom Kipur
• fol. 176v — Services for Sukot
• fol. 201r — A collection of yotserot
• fol. 255v — Additional pieces