Hillel ben Joshua Segre. Shirah Chadashah.

(ITALY)

Savigliano, (Italy)

1825-48

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a fine calligraphic square hand on paper. Ornate title-page set within architectural arch.

This manuscript includes songs and prayers commemorating the miracle that occurred in Savigliano in the year 1795 when the Jews were spared from destruction. Also included here are prayers for the welfare of the kingdom, followed by a poem for Rosh Hashanah and prayers for Shemini Atzereth and Simchath Torah. The final five pages (written later), contain a poem in Hebrew characters and translated into Italian by Hillel Baruch Shalom Cantuni in praise of King Carlo Alberto and the release of the Jews of Piedmont in the year 1848. Savigliano (Savijan in Piemontese) is a commune of Piedmont, northern Italy, in the Province of Cuneo. Dating to the beginning of the 15th century, Savigliano is the oldest Jewish community in the territory of the House of Savoy.