• Ms. 817




    Categories

    Liturgy
    Manuscript

    Seder Berit Milah ke-minhag k.k. Koni. [Conegliano?]


    Manuscript ID:
    MS 817

    Place:
    Conegliano(?), Italy

    Date:
    1608?

    Description:
    ink and pigment on parchment (11.5 x 8.6 cm.); Italo-Sefardi square and cursive Hebrew script

    Copyist:
    Ben Zion [Gallo?] of [Genazzaro?]

    Former Owner:
    Solomon Lattes

    Subject:
    Liturgy


    This circumcision liturgy was commissioned by the Lattes family in Conegliano. The initial leaf depicts an armorial-style device of Solomon Lattes. Each page bears a distinctive border, with vibrantly colored decoration throughout. The final four pages contain the entries of an anonymous mohel in Italo-Sefardi cursive, but dated “1799 9 Maggio, 20 floreal an. 7 Rep.”


    Manuscript Link:
    https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1008969812


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