[Corfu Pizmon book]; [ספר פזמונים כמנהג קורפו]

Timespan:

18th century; 18e siècle

Date:

1700

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Sold by Taj Art (Jerusalem), 2023.

Relation:

The Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1229058

Subject:

Sephardim -- Greece -- Kerkyra -- 18th century -- Hymns; Piyutim -- Liturgical use -- Greece -- Kerkyra -- 18th century; Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Greece -- Kerkyra -- 18th century -- Specimens; Séfarades -- Grèce -- Corfou -- 18e siècle -- Hymnes; Piyyuṭim; Manuscrits hébraïques -- Grèce -- Corfou -- 18e siècle -- Spécimens

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

hymns; codices (bound manuscripts); codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, European; Piyutim; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

58 leaves : paper; 135 x 104 (100 x 78) mm bound to 140 x 104 mm.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.; Ms. codex.; Hebrew; one poem with Ladino text (f. 34r-v).; Title supplied by cataloger.; Layout: Written in thirteen lines (most pizmonim; pizmon on f. 44r-45v written in 17-18 lines), blind-ruled (column and line); some folios with double columns (such as f. 43r, ruled in center in ink).; Script: Written in an 18th century square script, with captions written in a larger square script; one note written in a Sephardic cursive script (f. 50r).; Binding: Marbled paper on boards, with a leather spine (circa 19th century).; Origin: Written in Greece or Italy for a Sephardic use (script, custom, and inclusion of Ladino), possibly in Corfu (similarities to contemporary Corfu manuscripts).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 721

Collection:

Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund