Portion of prayer book (Mahzor), 1400 - 1499
Contents
Contains "Sayings of the Fathers" with a brief commentary written above and below the text. The initial word of each section is generally written in large script and with red ink. At the end of Perek (chapter) 3 one leaf is missing, and at the end of Perek 4, two leaves. All the Perakim (chapters) are numbered except Perek 6.
According to Mordechai Glatzer (1972): "Includes Mishna, Tractate Avot; Psalms are on the top and bottom of each page. At the end is the beginning of Seder Shavuot prayers."
According to Uri Melammed (1991): "Lines above and below the text are Psalms."
In a fine script.
Dates
- Creation: 1400 - 1499
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Condition
Well preserved except that a few leaves have had the margins partially destroyed, the writing however is unharmed. At the end, a few pages are missing.
Extent
1 manuscripts (36 leaves.)
Language of Materials
Hebrew
Microfilm
Microfilm available.
Material
Vellum manuscript. The Oriental binding is made of paper covered with leather and neatly stamped with simple ornamentation.
Extent
3 x 4 inches.
General
A collation of the text with that given by Taylor ("Sayings of the Jewish Fathers," by Charles Taylor, M.A., Cambridge, 1877) would seem to show that this manuscript is not the same as any cited by him. In several places it agrees with "University Auddit. 470" where that manuscript stands entirely alone among those cited by Taylor. On the other hand, it gives the common reading where the Cambridge manuscript is probably correct, e.g. in I. 7. But in other places it has the true reading where the Cambridge manuscript has gone astray, e.g. in III. 21.
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