• Ms. 438




    Categories

    Liturgy
    Manuscript

    Seder Tefilot u-vaḳashot mi-khol ha-shanah ke-minhag Ashkenaz u-Folin u-she'ar medinot


    Manuscript ID:
    Ms. 438

    Place:
    Frankfurt an der Oder (Germany)

    Date:
    1796 or 1797

    Description:
    ink on parchment; 138 leaves (30.5 x 20.2 cm); Ashkenazi square and Rabbinic characters

    Copyist:
    Menahem Menli ben Ya’akov Menkish

    Former Owner:
    Salli Kirschstein

    Subject:
    Liturgy


    This large siddur was produced at the behest of Yehuda Leyb ben Mori ha-Kohen for the Jewish community of Frankfurt and der Oder. The scribal hand of Menahem Menli ben Ya’akov Menkish is exceptionally clean. It has an ornamental title page as well as illuminated headings (the “Yigdal” on leaf 3r is filled in green), some in imitation of woodcuts.


    Manuscript Link:
    https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/959579287


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