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Orden de oraciones d’mes



Spanish translation of Hebrew prayers according to the Sephardic rite, copied by Judah Machabeu in Recife (Brazil), 1650.

Orden / de oraciones d’mes / Con los ayunos del Solo y congre / gacion y Pascoas y / Michamocha, / y del Rocio / Escrito en el Recife de Phernambuco en / 10. de Adar de cinco mil y cuatro çientos / y diez à la criacion del mundo por Ieudah / Machabeu.

The title of this manuscript is the same as that of a book of Hebrew prayers sponsored by Ephraim Bueno and Jona Abravanel, and published in Amsterdam in 1648 (Orden de oraciones de mes, con los ayunos del solo y congregacion pascuas… nuevamente emendado. Amsterdam, stamp. en casa de Nic. de Ravestein, por industria del Doct. Jos. Bueno y Jona Abravanel, 5408 (1648). See Kayserling, 60, which could be the original copied by Judah Machabeu.

Contents:

[1r]: Title page

1r-206v: Text. Hebrew prayers according to the Sephardic rite.

208r-213r: Addendum: “Calendario de las fies/tas que celebran los Hebreos en cada/ un año… de la Criaçion del mundo 5410 hasta 5513”. Calendar of the feasts celebrated by the Hebrew from 5410 to 5513 (1650-1753).


Text in Spanish and some Hebrew annotations / Paper / 11,2 x 7,4 cm. / 213 ff. / 22 lines to a page / Very skilled calligraphic writing / Title written in skilfully drawn decorative frame / Each chapter begins with drawn initials / Text written in ruled frame of 9,8 x 6,3 cm / Contemporary blind-tooled leather binding.

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Fuks 95. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.


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