This is a manuscript of liturgical portions and a piyut written in a large script for use during special occasions, likely in the synagogue. It is incomplete, and only the final quire remains; it originally may have been a large quarto-format manuscript. It opens in the middle of the prayer for the local authorities, in this case a kingdom, recited immediately before Musaf, and it continues into the liturgy for Yom Kippur prayers all meant to be recited before the Torah is returned to the ark. This is followed by the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy, with specific instruction to recite the Attributes with fervor (f. 10v). The manuscript continues with a piyut for the night of Simchat Torah (f. 12r), with some elements from other piyutim (such as "Hitḳabtsu malakhim," f. 13v) and some seen less often (such as "Kamah maʻalot ṭovot," f. 19v).
Ms. codex.; Decoration: Swirls and loops at the end of many lines for the second section (f. 12r-21v); red and black swirls and flowers after the colophon (f. 21v).; Disbound. Written with an extremely acidic ink, and the paper has broken in many places as a result of oxidation.; Origin: Written in northern Italy (based on the script and the minhag), likely in Casale Monferrato (home of the rabbinic Levi family), by Yosef Levi, and finished on the fifth day of Parashat Haʼazinu 5514 (6 Tishre, or Thursday 4 October 1753, f. 21v.); Script: Written in a heavy Italian square script; red ink vocalization in most of the text.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, 22; 1²²; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto, 1-22.; Layout: Written in 8 unruled lines; quarto format.; Hebrew.
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