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Title

  • The Haftarah.

Summary

  • This illuminated, undated codex thought to date from the 18th century consists of a Haftarah (also seen as Haftorah) in 263 parchment sheets stitched together in a leather binding. In the Jewish tradition, a Haftarah is a reading from the Prophets for the Sabbath, festivals, and holy days. This one contains the five books of Moses (also known as the Pentateuch); parts of the books of the Prophets; transcriptions of the five short books of the Hebrew Bible (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther) that form a group known as the Hamesh Megillot (Five scrolls); the Book of Proverbs; and prayers for every day, Sabbaths, and holy days (according to Ashkenazi practice). The scribe and probably the illuminator of this manuscript was Abraham bar Chizkija ha Lévi. The manuscript previously was owned by Samuel Gráf of Csakatorn and by Anton Kohn of Zagreb, who had it in his possession around 1858. A third owner was Moses Issachar, son of Isaac of Schleining. It is now in the collections of the Slovak National Library.

Names

  • Ha Lévi, Abraham bar Chizkija Scribe.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1700 to 1799]

Headings

  • -  Croatia
  • -  Hungary
  • -  1700 to 1799
  • -  Haftarot
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Prayers

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 263 folios : parchment.
  • -  Original resource at: Slovak National Library.
  • -  Content in Hebrew.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667709

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ha Lévi, Abraham Bar Chizkija Scribe. The Haftarah. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799, 1700] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667709/.

APA citation style:

Ha Lévi, A. B. C. S. (1700) The Haftarah. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667709/.

MLA citation style:

Ha Lévi, Abraham Bar Chizkija Scribe. The Haftarah. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799, 1700] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667709/>.