Maḥzor du rite espagnol d'Alger (fragment)

Fragment of a Maḥzor of the Spanish rite of Algiers, identified in the Cowley supplement (1906, no. 2891). Of large format, it contains chiefly the Pesaḥ with the Haggadah (from Ps. cxiii–cxiv, with gaps), the Shir ha-Shirim, Selihot by Gabirol and fragments of Meḥilta. The rite is that of the Jewish communities of Algiers — heir to the Spanish Sephardic tradition after the arrival of the Megorashim in 1492, adapted locally. Provenance: Acquired by the Bodleian Library in 1903 from Mesaoud Dahan, rabbi in Algiers then staying in Manchester (Cowley notice) — direct chain of transmission from the community. Codicological notice — origin Algiers, Regency of Algiers / Algeria; script: Sephardic; folios: 59 folios; early catalogues: Cowley Catalogue 1906 · 2891; editorial status: Unpublished. — Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/bodleian-ms-heb-g-11; manuscript held at the Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Sources & resources

• Neubauer, A. & Cowley, A. E., Catalogue, Vol. II (Cowley, 1906), n° 2891.
• Fiche MMJMM : https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/bodleian-ms-heb-g-11