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Miscellany of Judeo-Turkish and Hebrew hymns, between 1800 and 1890. A collection of poems, Turkish-Hebrew and Hebrew

Title	Miscellany of Judeo-Turkish and Hebrew hymns, between 1800 and 1890. A collection of poems, Turkish-Hebrew and Hebrew
Author	Ashkenazi, Avraham, active 1836, scribe., Ashkenazi, Avraham, alive 1836, scribe.
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	between 1800 and 1890., between 1800 - 1890. -
Subject	Jews., History., North Africa., Yemen (Republic)., Turkey., Jewish hymns--Texts., Jewish hymns., Jewish religious poetry., Piyutim., Cabala., Jews--Turkey--19th century--History--Sources., Jews--Yemen (Republic)--19th century--History--Sources., Jews--Africa, North--19th century--History--Sources.
Type	Document
Language	heb,jrb,tur
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	1 volume (107 leaves) : paper ; 100 x 165 mm + 2 notes
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	1231515985
Record ID	9977893549003681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1800
Notes	In Judeo-Turkish, Hebrew, and some Judeo-Arabic \| Sold by Kestenbaum & Company, auction 53 (December 8, 2011) lot 300.
Sample Text	This is a miscellany of Judeo-Turkish, Hebrew, and Judeo-Arabic hymns, with certain pieces from earlier manuscripts. It begins with a section of vocalized hymns in Judeo-Turkish, circa 1820, originating in southern Russia, Anatolia, or possibly Armenia. After these are poems in Hebrew, with stanzas and refrains standard for Hebrew poetry (simanim), written in a vocalized cursive script, aside from a poem for a bride and groom (f. 21r-21v), some Judeo-Turkish poems, and returning to Hebrew poetry at the end of the section (with many of these poems containing Biblical passages from Psalms, Song of Songs, and Lamentations), with a colophon in Turkish signed by Abraham Ashkenazi, 1 Elul 5596 (Sunday, 14 August 1836; f. 78v). The next section is another hymn with a table of contents, possibly North African, circa 1850 (f.79r-80v). This is followed by cabalistic meditations and formulations in a North African square script on unruled paper, circa 1890 (f. 81r-81v), followed by more hymns in Judeo-Arabic (f. 82r-100v). Another section of Yemeni piyutim follow in a large square script, circa 1870 (f. 101r-104v), and a final section of meditation on the names of angels, possibly Yemenite as well, circa 1850 (f.105r-107v). There is a loose note at the beginning of the manuscript (a Biblical sermon, possibly North African, 19th century) and another laid in at the end (cabalistic prayer, possibly Israel, 20th century). Most manuscripts laid out as traditional hymns, with catchwords, stanzas, and acrostic letters accentuated; written mostly in a Turkish style script, with some variation. Bound in a modern cloth binding with a brown spine.
Atıf Şekli	UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 434.
Tür	Sources., Texts., Manuscripts, Turkish -- 19th century., Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century., hymns, fragments (object portions), codices (bound manuscripts)

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Miscellany of Judeo-Turkish and Hebrew hymns, between 1800 and 1890. A collection of poems, Turkish-Hebrew and Hebrew

Author Ashkenazi, Avraham, active 1836, scribe., Ashkenazi, Avraham, alive 1836, scribe.

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place between 1800 and 1890., between 1800 - 1890. -

Subject Jews., History., North Africa., Yemen (Republic)., Turkey., Jewish hymns--Texts., Jewish hymns., Jewish religious poetry., Piyutim., Cabala., Jews--Turkey--19th century--History--Sources., Jews--Yemen (Republic)--19th century--History--Sources., Jews--Africa, North--19th century--History--Sources.

Type Document

Language heb,jrb,tur

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 1 volume (107 leaves) : paper ; 100 x 165 mm + 2 notes

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 1231515985

Record ID 9977893549003681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1800

Notes In Judeo-Turkish, Hebrew, and some Judeo-Arabic | Sold by Kestenbaum & Company, auction 53 (December 8, 2011) lot 300.

Sample Text This is a miscellany of Judeo-Turkish, Hebrew, and Judeo-Arabic hymns, with certain pieces from earlier manuscripts. It begins with a section of vocalized hymns in Judeo-Turkish, circa 1820, originating in southern Russia, Anatolia, or possibly Armenia. After these are poems in Hebrew, with stanzas and refrains standard for Hebrew poetry (simanim), written in a vocalized cursive script, aside from a poem for a bride and groom (f. 21r-21v), some Judeo-Turkish poems, and returning to Hebrew poetry at the end of the section (with many of these poems containing Biblical passages from Psalms, Song of Songs, and Lamentations), with a colophon in Turkish signed by Abraham Ashkenazi, 1 Elul 5596 (Sunday, 14 August 1836; f. 78v). The next section is another hymn with a table of contents, possibly North African, circa 1850 (f.79r-80v). This is followed by cabalistic meditations and formulations in a North African square script on unruled paper, circa 1890 (f. 81r-81v), followed by more hymns in Judeo-Arabic (f. 82r-100v). Another section of Yemeni piyutim follow in a large square script, circa 1870 (f. 101r-104v), and a final section of meditation on the names of angels, possibly Yemenite as well, circa 1850 (f.105r-107v). There is a loose note at the beginning of the manuscript (a Biblical sermon, possibly North African, 19th century) and another laid in at the end (cabalistic prayer, possibly Israel, 20th century). Most manuscripts laid out as traditional hymns, with catchwords, stanzas, and acrostic letters accentuated; written mostly in a Turkish style script, with some variation. Bound in a modern cloth binding with a brown spine.

Atıf Şekli UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 434.

Tür Sources., Texts., Manuscripts, Turkish -- 19th century., Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century., hymns, fragments (object portions), codices (bound manuscripts)