Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Manuscript, Tiklal Siddur – With Chiddushin and Commentaries by Rabbi Yitzchak Wanneh – Yemen, 1705
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Manuscript, Yemenite rite Tiklal siddur, with Chiddushin and commentary by R. Yitzchak (Mahari) Wanneh – prayers for weekdays, Shabbat, festivals, special days and fasts. [Yemen, ca. 1705-1706].
With later additions and replacements (approx. 32 leaves throughout the volume – first leaves and other leaves in the middle of the volume), presumably ca. 1892-1893.
Early Yemenite script, predominantly with supralinear vocalization. On many leaves, the author included lengthy in-text commentaries in "windows", some of them entitled "Chiddushin". Most of the commentaries and novellae are attributed to R. Yitzchak Wanneh. Several marginal glosses from other writers, in Yemenite script, including some lengthy glosses, containing additional commentary.
The manuscript comprises: weekday prayers, Tikkunei Shabbat and Tikkun Shabbat Malketa; Shabbat prayers; Pirkei Avot with commentary; songs for Motza'ei Shabbat; Rosh Chodesh prayers; prayers for Passover and Passover Haggadah (with Chiddushin – commentary to the Haggadah by R. Yitzchak Wanneh); Shavuot prayers; prayer for fast days, Megillat Eichah and lamentations; prayers for the High Holidays; prayers for Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret, Hoshanot, prayer for rain, Hakafot and piyyutim for Simchat Torah; order of Chanukah with Megillat Bnei Chashmona'i; Tikkun Purim; Selichot LeLeilei Ashmurot (for the month of Elul); Keter Malchut by R. Shlomo ibn Gabirol; El Melech and Maranot selichot (piyyutim for Yom Kippur night, beginning with the words El Melech and Maran); order of Yom Kippur service (by R. Avraham ibn Ezra); order of Berachot, Birkat HaMazon and laws of mitzvot; calendars of leap years and Tekufot beginning from the year 1705. Additional (later) leaves of Tekufot calendars beginning 1892-1893; texts of contracts and other piyyutim.
[287] leaves. 29 cm. Lacking leaves at end of volume. Condition varies, good-fair. Stains, tears and wear. Open tears to many leaves, affecting text, with unskilled paper repairs. Worming. Loose gatherings. Various stamps and ownership inscriptions. Worn and damaged binding, with spine from crudely tanned leather.
With later additions and replacements (approx. 32 leaves throughout the volume – first leaves and other leaves in the middle of the volume), presumably ca. 1892-1893.
Early Yemenite script, predominantly with supralinear vocalization. On many leaves, the author included lengthy in-text commentaries in "windows", some of them entitled "Chiddushin". Most of the commentaries and novellae are attributed to R. Yitzchak Wanneh. Several marginal glosses from other writers, in Yemenite script, including some lengthy glosses, containing additional commentary.
The manuscript comprises: weekday prayers, Tikkunei Shabbat and Tikkun Shabbat Malketa; Shabbat prayers; Pirkei Avot with commentary; songs for Motza'ei Shabbat; Rosh Chodesh prayers; prayers for Passover and Passover Haggadah (with Chiddushin – commentary to the Haggadah by R. Yitzchak Wanneh); Shavuot prayers; prayer for fast days, Megillat Eichah and lamentations; prayers for the High Holidays; prayers for Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret, Hoshanot, prayer for rain, Hakafot and piyyutim for Simchat Torah; order of Chanukah with Megillat Bnei Chashmona'i; Tikkun Purim; Selichot LeLeilei Ashmurot (for the month of Elul); Keter Malchut by R. Shlomo ibn Gabirol; El Melech and Maranot selichot (piyyutim for Yom Kippur night, beginning with the words El Melech and Maran); order of Yom Kippur service (by R. Avraham ibn Ezra); order of Berachot, Birkat HaMazon and laws of mitzvot; calendars of leap years and Tekufot beginning from the year 1705. Additional (later) leaves of Tekufot calendars beginning 1892-1893; texts of contracts and other piyyutim.
[287] leaves. 29 cm. Lacking leaves at end of volume. Condition varies, good-fair. Stains, tears and wear. Open tears to many leaves, affecting text, with unskilled paper repairs. Worming. Loose gatherings. Various stamps and ownership inscriptions. Worn and damaged binding, with spine from crudely tanned leather.
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters