Judeo-Turkish songbook, 1850?-1899?; ספר שירים טורקי-עברי,1850-1899

Contributor:

Hebrew College (Brookline, Mass.) (former owner)

Name:

Avṭalyon; Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?

Timespan:

19th century

Date:

1850

Description:

This is a manuscript of hymns mostly in Judeo-Turkish, with selections in Hebrew and Judeo-Spanish. The manuscript begins with a partial table of contents (f. 1r) with many titles in Hebrew, written in a rough hand. The title page is decorated with floral designs, with the title in large square script (f. 1v). The hymns follow individual patterns in the Turkish Maqam musical system with the designation of each hymn heading the opening in small script letters (such as Rast, Segâh, and Nikriz), following the layout example of the printed edition of the hymns of R. Israel b. Mosheh ibn Najara of Damascus (Venice: Giovanni da Gara, 1598-1599). The Hebrew hymns feature Piyutim of Israel ibn Najara and Avtalyon b. Mordekhai of Edirne (17th century). Written in a semi-cursive Turkish Hebrew script in various inks; decorated with flora on the synagogue illustration (f. 33r); pages ruled, with portions ruled in lead, ink, or hard-point ruling. Bound in a contemporary brown leather binding.

Language:

Turkish

Provenance:

Gift of Louis M. Epstein to Hebrew Teachers College (Roxbury, Massachusetts), 1947 (bookplate, inside front cover).; Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949, former owner.

Subject:

Jews; History; Jewish hymns -- Texts; Jewish hymns; Jewish religious poetry; Piyutim; Jews -- Turkey -- 19th century -- History -- Sources

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Sources; Texts; Manuscripts, Turkish; Codices (bound manuscripts); Hymns; Architectural drawings (visual works); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 volume (59 leaves) : paper; 120 x 160 (104 x 130) mm

Geographic Subject:

Turkey

Rights:

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

Notes:

In Turkish with Hebrew words (Hebrew characters), with occasional words or phrases in Judeo-Spanish (for example, f. 33r)

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 440