Pizmonim she-nahagu lomar be-ashmoret ha-boḳer ʿal kise di Eliyahu. פזמונים שנהגו לומר באשמורת הבקר על כסא די אליהו. [Poems and hymns recited on the night of a circumcision].

Description

Hebrew title supplied from title page. English title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 59.


Variant title:

Pizmonim u-tefilot li-verit milah. פזמונים ותפלות לברית מילה.


Small prayer-booklet with coloured decorations and ornaments; it contains, among others:

רעיוני נא חדש (folio 2) by Yosef ben Shelomoh Fiʾamiṭa; למענך ולא לנו (folio 4v–5v); [פיטום הקטורת‬] (folio 6r–8v); תני רבי אליהו כל השונה (folio 9); יה אל צור רפא (folios 9v–10r) by Israel ben Moses Najara.


State of text: Heavy staining but rather well preserved.


Bibliographical note:

Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 59.

National Library of Israel (NLI), Online Catalogue, system-no. 990001794000205171. The NLI’s description is based on the microfilm of MS Roth 59 made on behalf of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts of the NLI during the 1960s. The microfilm can now be downloaded in a digitised form from the NLI-webpage.

Frojmovič, Hebraica (Leeds, 1997), no. 15.

Davis, Handlist 164 (Leeds, 2005), no. 59.

Decoration

Decoration 1: Title page with decorative coloured border (green, red, yellow) in form of an arched portal with additional ornamental designs; symbol for a Kohen family, two hands arranged in the gesture of the priestly blessing (thumbs are not joined), is drawn in colours below the title; title text is written in red; the whole arrangement is embedded in a multicoloured rectangular border.

Decoration 2: Tailpiece-like coloured decoration above which no text is placed (folio 1v).

Decoration 3: Tailpiece-like coloured decoration below completion formula.

Decoration 4: Multicoloured rectangular border on every page.

Decoration 5: Running titles.

Decoration 6: Completion formulas.

Decoration 7: Different script sizes for different parts of the text.

Decoration 8: Maintenance of left margins.

Decoration 9: Decorative substitute for Tetragrammaton.

Decoration 10: Catchwords.

Decoration 11: Poetic spacing.

Physical characteristics

Script: Italian square Hebrew script.

Ms.: width 119mm height 158mm

Binding

Rebound by conversation in 1990s; brown half leather binding with lighter brown cloth over boards; original paper label with ‏פזמונים של ‏[‏ברית‏]‏ was remounted on new spine.

Vocalisation and cantillation

Some words are vocalized in folios 2r–6r; prayers and readings are fully vocalised in folios 6r–9r.

Former owners and annotations

Italian owner's note by Yitsḥaḳ ben Shabati Kohen (front free end-paper verso): "Questo è il Libro del Signore Isach di Sabbato Coen, Ancona li 2 Giulio 1803."

Italian owner's note by Avraham ben Yitsḥaḳ Kohen (second free end-paper recto):"Abrahm di Isachi Coen, Ancona li 2 Giulio 1805."


Roth’s description of MS Roth 59, cut out from a copy of his printed catalogue, is attached to the front paste-down end-paper.

Access and usage

Access

This material is not subject to restrictions under Data Protection or other relevant legislation that might limit access. However, other protections, such as donor conditions or conservation considerations, may still apply where advised.

Related subjects / tags

WARNING: many of our records have not been classified by subject. So if you search our catalogue by subject using the links below then you are unlikely to find all relevant records. But you will find some...

Related places

WARNING: many of our records have not been classified by geographical location. So if you search our catalogue by geographical location using the links below then you are unlikely to find all relevant records. But you will find some...