Funeral rites for Kaal Kadosh Shahar Ashamaim : manuscript

Creator:

Henriques, Aaron Cohen, 1832-1895 (creator)

Contributor:

Kahal Kadosh Sha'ar Hashamayim (addressee)

Timespan:

19th century

Date:

1868

Language:

Hebrew; English

Provenance:

Purchased for the Penn Libraries 2020 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify no. 2020.12.19.00004; 13.1916); purchased at auction (Kestenbaum & Co., Auction 91 lot 133).; Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- donor.; Kaplan, Deanne, donor.

Subject:

Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies -- Jamaica; Jewish mourning customs; Prayers for the dead -- Judaism; Jews -- Jamaica -- Kingston -- 19th century -- History -- Sources

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); codices (bound manuscripts); Liturgical books

Physical Description:

1 volume (14 leaves) : paper; 17 x 12 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Text in Hebrew, with instructions in English; author descriptions on first and last pages translated (in Hebrew (f. 1r) and English (f. 16v)).; Hebrew text written in a Sephardic square script, mostly vocalized.; Table of contents: 1. f. 1r-2v: [Instructions] -- 2. f.4r-8r: [Funeral service] -- 3. f.8r-12v: [Hashkavah, or Escābā, liturgy for a man, woman, and child] -- 4. f. 13v-14r: [Final mourner's recitations].

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, MS 56, Codex 052.1

Collection:

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)