MS. Laud Or. 321
Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection
Contents
Maḥzor accoring to the Western Ashkenazi rite
Western Ashkenazi rite, but includes some liturgies from the Eastern Ashkenazi rite.
Beginning with Parashiyot for various Sabbaths and feasts.
Next follow Canticles, Ruth and Ecclesiastes and the Hafṭarot (end with 1 Pesaḥ, incomplete).
There are a few lexicographical notes in the margins by two hands.
A list of סליחות for יוצר in the margin of f. 267r.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi square script. Copied perhaps by more than one scribe; the Parashiyot at the beginning (ff.2r-37r) are clearly written by a different handon quires pricked and ruled differently. Later additions (apart from those on the margins): ff. 1r, 37v-38r, 62-71, 80, 164r-166r, 360r-362r
Decoration
Narrative and ornamental initial-word panels.
Binding
Leather binding.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership note at the beginning of the codex: "יהודה המכונה ליווא היפה בר’ דוד מוקיאל[?] ..."
Record Sources
Availability
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