Machzor shel Kol Hashanah [Prayers for the entire year]. Acccording to the Italian rite

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Machzor shel Kol Hashanah [Prayers for the entire year]. Acccording to the Italian rite

Two volumes. Hagadah with charming illustrations of matzah and maror. At conclusion of Vol. II an additional manuscript page has been pasted in. Bound in contemporary royal blue velvet with silver corners, clasps and hinges. a.e.g. I: ff. (1), 2-224 (i.e. 283). II: ff. (2), 3-322. Tops of some pages cropped with some loss of headers. Stained. 8vo Vinograd, Venice 1988

Venice: Bragadin 1772

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

The Italian prayer rite is among the few that retained some significant vestiges of the pre-Crusader Palestinian rite. It is also characterised by a deep interest in liturgical poetry and midrashic compilations. In this rite, “the exegetical and liturgical interests of the two major centers are...seen to...come together nicely.” S.C. Reif, Judaism and Hebrew Prayer (1993), pp. 164-5 It is likely that this exquisite prayer book was offered as a wedding gift from groom to bride.