Maḥzor selon le rite d'Alger — copie séfarade sur vélin, initiales illuminées

Maḥzor according to the same rite as MS. Mich. 318 (Neubauer 1087, 1456), copied on vellum in 174 leaves, octavo, vocalized rabbinic Sephardic script, illuminated initials. Neubauer 1886 classifies it (together with MS. Mich. 318) under “Mahazor [rite of Catalonia],” reflecting the continuity between the Catalan rite brought by the exiles of 1391 and the minhag of Algiers fixed in the 15th century. The manuscript includes the tashlumah of the first Sabbath “as in the rite of Algiers,” and presents scribal interference between the rites of Algiers and Oran. The vellum and illuminated initials indicate a prestige manuscript. Provenance: 1 David Oppenheim collection (1664–1736), Hanover then Prague 2 Oppenheim sale to the Bodleian Library, 1829 Codicological notice — origin to be determined (Maghreb or late Iberian peninsula); script: Sephardic; folios: 174 folios; dimensions: octavo, vellum, illuminated initials; early catalogues: Neubauer Catalogue 1886 · 1088; editorial status: Unpublished. — Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/bodleian-opp-app-8vo-1; manuscript held at the Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Sources & resources

• Neubauer, Adolf. Catalogue, Oxford, 1886, vol. I, n° 1088 (col. 287).
• Maḥzor selon le rite d'Alger. Édition de référence : Amsterdam, 1685.
• Fiche MMJMM : https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/bodleian-opp-app-8vo-1