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Judeo-Turkish songbook, 1850?-1899? Turkish-Hebrew songbook

Title	Judeo-Turkish songbook, 1850?-1899? Turkish-Hebrew songbook
Author	Avṭalyon., Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?., Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949, former owner., Hebrew College (Brookline, Mass.), former owner., Avtalyon., Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	1850?-1899?, 1850-1899 -
Subject	Jews., History., Turkey., Jewish hymns--Texts., Jewish hymns., Jewish religious poetry., Piyutim., Jews--Turkey--19th century--History--Sources.
Type	Document
Language	heb,lad,tur
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	1 volume (59 leaves) : paper ; 120 x 160 (104 x 130) mm
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	1230207538
Record ID	9977891349803681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1850
Notes	With the illustration of an unidentified synagogue (featuring four windows, a vestibule entrance, and an attic chapel), titled "אשטו אס לה קזאה די אלוהים" (Esto es la cazah de Elohim - this is the House of God; f. 33r). \| In Turkish with Hebrew words (Hebrew characters), with occasional words or phrases in Judeo-Spanish (for example, f. 33r) \| Gift of Louis M. Epstein to Hebrew Teachers College (Roxbury, Massachusetts), 1947 (bookplate, inside front cover).
Sample Text	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.
Atıf Şekli	UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 440.
Tür	Sources., Texts., codices (bound manuscripts), hymns, architectural drawings (visual works)
İlgili Eser	Avṭalyon. Poems. Selections., Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?. Poems. Selections, אבטליון. שירים. קטעים., נג'ארה, ישראל בן משה, 1555?-1625? שירים. Selections.

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Judeo-Turkish songbook, 1850?-1899? Turkish-Hebrew songbook

Author Avṭalyon., Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?., Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949, former owner., Hebrew College (Brookline, Mass.), former owner., Avtalyon., Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place 1850?-1899?, 1850-1899 -

Subject Jews., History., Turkey., Jewish hymns--Texts., Jewish hymns., Jewish religious poetry., Piyutim., Jews--Turkey--19th century--History--Sources.

Type Document

Language heb,lad,tur

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

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

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 1230207538

Record ID 9977891349803681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1850

Notes With the illustration of an unidentified synagogue (featuring four windows, a vestibule entrance, and an attic chapel), titled "אשטו אס לה קזאה די אלוהים" (Esto es la cazah de Elohim - this is the House of God; f. 33r). | In Turkish with Hebrew words (Hebrew characters), with occasional words or phrases in Judeo-Spanish (for example, f. 33r) | Gift of Louis M. Epstein to Hebrew Teachers College (Roxbury, Massachusetts), 1947 (bookplate, inside front cover).

Sample Text 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.

Atıf Şekli UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 440.

Tür Sources., Texts., codices (bound manuscripts), hymns, architectural drawings (visual works)

İlgili Eser Avṭalyon. Poems. Selections., Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?. Poems. Selections, אבטליון. שירים. קטעים., נג'ארה, ישראל בן משה, 1555?-1625? שירים. Selections.