Miscellany, with texts of practical use; manuscript; קובץ, דברים לטילטול-מעשית

Contributor:

Adahan, Yiḥya, 1865 or 1866-1957 (associated name); Adhan, Daṿid ben Yiḥye (scribe); Gabbai, Yaʻaḳov ben Mordekhai (sponsor)

Timespan:

20th century

Date:

1900

Description:

Miscellany written for Yaʻaḳov ben Mordekhai Gabbai containing ʻEṭ sofer, a work with document formularies for use in a Bet din (financial, social, and philanthropical documentation); novellae, possibly written by Gabbai; and Goralot (a method of predictive speculation using Zodiac and Hebrew names; attributed to Abraham ibn Ezra in this manuscript (f. 17r)). Written in a Moroccan cursive script, with captions written in a Sephardic square script; additional (later) writing in pencil on many leaves, as well as doodles and mathematical equations; penwork designs, in the style of a title page (f. 1r-2r), with rosette stencils in ink (f. 1v-2r). Bound in a contemporary leather binding.

Language:

Hebrew; Judeo-Arabic

Provenance:

Sold by Refa'eli Auctions (Jerusalem), 2022.

Relation:

The Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1229047

Subject:

Letters patent -- Texts; Zodiac; Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Morocco -- Casablanca -- 20th century -- Specimens; Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic -- Morocco -- Casablanca -- 20th century -- Specimens

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); Legal forms

Physical Description:

26 leaves : paper; 18 x 12 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.; Table of contents: 880-03 1. f.2r-8r: ʻEṭ sofer -- 2. f. 12r-16r: [Novellae] -- 3. f. 17r-f. 26r: Goralot.; Son of Casablanca rabbi Yiḥya Adahan, and also rabbi in Casablanca; his completion note, and place of writing, on f. 26v.; Hebrew; sponsorship note in Judeo-Arabic (f. 1v).; Title supplied by cataloger.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 736

Collection:

Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund