Machzor kephi HaNahug LeKahal Kadosh Roma [Festival Prayers]. According to Roman Rite

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Soncino Sons

Soncino-Casal Maggiore

1485-6

FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. Volume I: Passover and Pentecost (includes the Passover Hagadah and Ethics of the Fathers). * Volume II: New Year, Day of Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles. Texts in square letters, vocalized; instructions in Rashi script. A horizontal line over the letters beith, chaph, phei, and thav indicates that these consonants are soft (raphah). We have seen that the House of Gunzenhauser in Naples adopted the same technique with the exception that the letter “phei” did not receive this treatment. Initials floriated; initial (“hoshanah”) on f.117v. floriated and wedged between fleur-de-lis devices; the word “matzah' in the Hagadah floriated on round seder plate (f.35r.). Owner's inscription on front blank of Vol. I. Censorship on ff. 99r., 103r., 110, 111r, 118v. Marginalium on f.54 of Vol. II

Vinograd, Soncino 12; Goff 73; Goldstein 33; Offenberg 83; Steinschneider, p. 393, no. 2576; Thes. A37; Wineman Cat. 21. Not in Cambridge University

“This magnificent incunable is one of Soncino’s most outstanding productions. It is the first book fully vocalised with woodcut headings all the way through the text. It is the only book printed in Casal Maggiore and took a whole year to print due to the complexity of the contents, or more likely due to the recurrent problems the Soncinos had with the ruling authorities.” (Wineman Catalogue)