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Machzor – Penitential Prayer

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Cluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române, U.61741

Miruna Belea (EPHE), 2025, wrapper (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

Also described at: https://www.hebrewmanuscript.com/bwb-database/notice/f96ebf3d382aa41012bb2dd5856cfb8e.htm

General Information

Title Machzor – Penitential Prayer
Shelfmarks U.61741
Page/Folio Reference wrapper
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Central Europe (Ashkenazi)
Date of Origin 1401-1500
Script, Hands

One hand, calligraphic square Askenazi, with complete Tiberian vocalisation. 
General Remarks

Several justification practices are in place in this manuscript, the most common of which are the blank spaces. Anticipation of the first letters in the first word on the next line is also used occasionally, as is the elongation of specific letters (aleph, he, tav).

Original Condition

Page Height 360 – 370 mm
Page Width 246 – 260 mm
Height of Written Area 230 – 260 mm
Width of Written Area 126 – 143 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 126 – 143 mm
Number of Lines 23 – 26
Line Height 10 mm
Ruling drypoint (invisible)
Collation

This fragment and the wrapper of Cluj, BAR, U.64230-64231 may have been extracted from the same original manuscript.

Current Condition

Extent top 1/4-1/3 of the original leaf
Dimensions 164 x 250 mm
More about the Current Condition

Many modern notes and calculations scribbled on the cover of the host book. Yet, the fragment is legible throughout. 

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Hebrew
    • Title Machzor
    • Content Description

      Fragment of a Machzor (Ashkenazi rite) - Penitential prayer אמנם אשמינו

      Inc. (first line on fragment):

      ישרים חושבנו זרע קודש בנים לא

      Expl. (last line on fragment):

      ישרים חושבנו זרע קודש בנים לא
    • U_61741
    • Remarks

      Cf. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Michael 627, f. 51r (https://maagarim.hebrew-academy.org.il/Pages/PMain.aspx?mishibbur=900003&page=1)

History

Origin

Central European (German Askenazi)
Provenance

The host book had belonged to "Laurentius Dalnaki", who signed his name on the title page. Dálnoki Nagy Lőrinc (1614-1661) was a teacher at the Unitarian College in Cluj in the 1630s and 1640s. On the frontispiece, one can also read the signature of Stephanus Conradus, a contemporary notary from Cluj.
Persons and Institutions Unitarian College, Cluj, s. XVII-XX. "Ecclesiae Unitarianae Claudiopolitanae" (frontispiece of U.63177); former shelfmarks "R.223" (title page), A.VI.14 (front flyleaf).

Host Volume

Title De Rerum Aeternitate: Nicolai Taurelli Montbelgardensis, Med. Et. Physices in Altdorffensi Noricorum Academia Professoris, Metaphysices Universalis Partes Quatuor : In quibus placita Aristotelis, Vallesii, Piccolominei, Caesalpini, Societatis Conimbricens
Date of Origin/Publication 1604
Place of Origin/Publication Marburg
Shelfmark U.61741

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