Seder Ashmorot for the High Holidays
Manuscript ID:
MS 428
Place:
Carpentras(?), Provence, France
Date:
not after 1687
Description:
ink on paper; 82 leaves (27.5 x 19.8 cm.); Provençal cursive Hebrew script
Copyist:
Censor: Antonio Fran[cesco] Enriques ex ord[ine] RSS P[atris] Inq[uisitoris] Arci. Carpentras, 1687
Subject:
Liturgy
English Text:
The Jews of the Comtat Venaissin were distinctive for using a liturgy based on the old Provençal rite. This finely executed liturgical manuscript from the Provençal rite (Avignon, Carpentras, etc.) contains ashmurot for the different days of the week, beginning with Rosh ha-Shanah and continuing for the ten Days of Awe. Leaf 74 (verso) has a full censor’s statement. Leaves 1-2, 26, and 75-82 are in a different hand and appear to have been added later in the late 18th or early 19th century in an attempt to complete the liturgical cycle.
Manuscript Link:
https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1008965914