[Ḳinot] : manuscript

Alternate Title:

Collected dirges; Tsiduḳ ha-din

Date:

1100

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).; Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Jewish mourning customs; Dirges; Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts; Judaism -- Liturgy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; books

Physical Description:

1 folio : torn along upper edge

Rights:

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

Notes:

Verse endings denoted by a punctus, the end of a strophe by two or three dots; headings in enlarged, squared characters.; Fragments of four dirges, the subject of which are specified in the heading. They are apparently a formulary, not for a named person. In all four the strophes are constructed of three rhyming verses and a fourth which is a biblical phrase, ending with the theme word, the subject of the dirge; sporadic vocalization.; A. The last four strophes of a dirge in which the strophes end with the theme subject: "Judah".; B. A complete copy of a 6-strophe dirge in which the strophes end with the theme subject: "Jacob". Starts רצה נפש נענה.; C. A dirge in which the strophes end with the theme subject: "Cohen". The fragment contains the first 12 strophes, and the last nine ones, the rest are missing in the torn upper edge of the folio. Starts הילילו הילילו בבכי הגדילו.; D. (Verso) Specified for the death of a youngster, the strophes end with the theme "נפשי", and the refrainכי רחוק ממני מנחם משיב נפשי (Lam. I 16). The folio ends in the sixth strophe.; Hebrew. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, RAR MS

Collection:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library)