❧ Description
First volume of the Maḥzor of Oran, a five-volume liturgical compilation assembled in Oran in the 17th century within the circle of the Cansino family — Jewish interpreters and intermediaries tolerated by the Spanish authorities in the enclave of Oran since 1509. The volume contains the annual liturgy, following a minhag combining Sephardic heritage and Maghrebi customs. After the expulsion of the Jews of Oran (1669, decree of Maria Anna of Austria in the name of Charles II), the manuscript followed the Cansino family to Livorno, where it continued to be copied and annotated (changes of paper, ink, hand). Acquired around 1834 by Samuel David Luzzatto in Padua, sold to the Bodleian in 1869. In the Neubauer 1886 catalogue, this volume corresponds to “vol. i of No. 1089.”
Provenance: 1 Jewish community of Oran (Cansino), before 1669 2 Livorno community (Megorashim), 1669–19th c. 3 Acquisition by Samuel David Luzzatto, around 1834, Padua 4 Isaia Luzzatto sale, 1869 5 Bodleian Library, since 1869
Codicological notice — origin Oran, Spanish presidio, Algeria; script: Maghrebi; dimensions: quarto; early catalogues: Joseph Luzzatto Catalogue 1868 · no. 53; Neubauer 1886 · 1089; editorial status: Unpublished.
— Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM / Collectif GMPL), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/bodleian-opp-add-4-84; manuscript held at the Bodleian Library (Oxford).
