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Haggadah shel Pesaḥ ke-minhag Aleppo (Aram Tsuvah)

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Haggadah shel Pesaḥ ke-minhag Aleppo (Aram Tsuvah) הגדה של פסח כמנהג ארם צובה

Rite of Aleppo. At the beginning (fols. 2-4) a lengthy description in Latin of an otherwise unknown edition of the Passover Haggadah printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice [n.d.] and the beginning of a description of a Haggadah printed by Christofolo Zanetti (Rome, 1564)

Latin description of the Haggadah on fols. 2-4, Haggadah itself begins on fol. 8r.

The date specified in the colophon גשמ"י ברכ"ה לפ"ק (5580 = 1820) is refuted by two ownership inscriptions of 1618 and 1633. The year should be read גשמ"י (5353=1593) which was in fact a leap year, and so 18 Adar II did fall on a Monday.

Colophon: "נשלמה ההגדה יום ב יום יח לחדש אדר שני שנת ג’ש’מ’י’ ברכה ‬ (fol. 23r)
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff.26
Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 105 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals. Fols. 2-4 are later additions to the codex, originally paginated from left to right (pages 1-6). Earlier foliation (1-12) on fols. 8-23 (not continuous).

Collation

3 quire: i 4, ii 16, iii 4. First leaf of quire i is front pastedown; 3 smaller pages (fols. 2-4) inserted between fols. 1 and 5. no signatures, no catchwords

Condition

Good condition.

Hand(s)

Sephardi square script.

Decoration

Decorated initial-word panels with borders (fols. 8r, 10r, 11v, 21r), illustrations of matsah and maror (fols. 18v, 19r).

Additions: Fols. 1, 5-7, and 24-26 are probably later addition. Fols. 2-4: Latin description of the Haggadah on smaller paper leaves (142mm by 87mm).

Binding

Parchment binding.

History

Origin: [Syria]; 1593

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscriptions: "Ex dono Edw. Wright A.D. 1618 April xxix" (fol. 7r); "Laud 1633" (fol. 8r); "Liber Guilielmi Laud Archiepi[scopi] Cantuarii et Cancellarii Universitatis Oxon[iensis] 1633"

Donated to the Library by Archbishop William Laud (see Summary Catalogue, vol.II, part 1, pp.13-14).

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 1174, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1174, and on the data of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 16633

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1174.
    Beit-Arié, Malachi and R.A. May (eds), Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I (A. Neubauer’s Catalogue) (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994), no. 1174.

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