❧ Description
Maḥzor according to the rite of Algiers for the Yamim Noraim and the festivals, copied at the end of the 16th century. Colophon: “Written by Nathan ben R. [name partially effaced] in the study house of R. Yoseph ben R. Shelomo Duran, completed on 17 Elul 5341 = 1581.” Yoseph ben Shelomo Duran is attested as head of a yeshiva in Algiers in 1581 — a direct descendant of the Rashbatz. The family perpetuated rabbinic teaching in Algiers across more than five generations.
Provenance: 1 Copied by Nathan ben R. [name] in the bet midrash of R. Yoseph ben R. Shelomo Duran in Algiers, 1581 (colophon) 2 Environment of the Duran family in Algiers 3 John Selden collection (1584–1654), Bodleian Library, 1659
Codicological notice — origin Algiers, Regency of Algiers, Algeria; copyist: Nathan ben R. [name partially effaced]; script: Sephardic; folios: 412 folios; dimensions: octavo; early catalogues: Neubauer Catalogue 1886 · 1085; editorial status: Partial edition available.
— Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM / Collectif GMPL), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/bodleian-arch-seld-sup-108; manuscript held at the Bodleian Library (Oxford).
