Service book (Jewish): Haggadah
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS MOCATTA 1 |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full title | : Service book (Jewish): Haggadah |
Date(s) | : [Early 14th century] |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 58 folios |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
This Haggadah is possibly of Castilian origin.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript Haggadah [early 14th century], for Passover Eve: Jewish order of service for domestic use.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Hebrew. Spanish hand. Square characters of various sizes.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
Reginald Arthur Rye, Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts forming the library of F D Mocatta (Harrison & Sons, London, 1904).
Archival Information
Archival history:
Formerly held with other Jewish collections in the Mocatta Library of University College London.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the Mocatta Library (subsequently the Jewish Studies Library) of University College London.
Allied Materials
Related material:
University College London Special Collections also holds various other service books (Ref: MS MOCATTA 3-4, 7-9, 12, 23, 25, 35).
Publication note:
Convivencia: Jews, Muslims and Christians in Medieval Spain, ed V Mann, T Glick and J Dodds (New York, 1992), p 192, gives a more detailed description of the Haggadah and includes an illustration of the manuscript.
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Source: Convivencia: Jews, Muslims and Christians in Medieval Spain, ed V Mann, T Glick and J Dodds (New York, 1992), p 192. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Oct 2001
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