• Ms. Acc. 587




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    Poetry
    Manuscript

    Song for Shavuot from an Ashkenazi Congregation in Italy


    Manuscript ID:
    Ms. Acc. 587

    Place:
    Modena(?), Italy

    Date:
    1830

    Description:
    ink on paper; broadside (48.8 x 37.2 cm.); Italian square and cursive Hebrew script

    Subject:
    Poetry


    This song for Shavuot was written for an Ashkenazi congregation in Italy and mentions the name
    of its benefactor, Moses. The song, in trochaic tetrameter, offers a spiritual history of Israel. The
    calligraphic hand is quite good, and the ornamental border, with geometrical and floral designs,
    emulates printed broadside borders.


    Manuscript Link:
    https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1009656676


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