Manuscript, Keter Malchut, selichot for the Ten Days of Repentance, following the Sephardi rite. [Rome, 18th/19th century].
Square Italian script, vocalized. Fine decorated title page, containing only the Hebrew letter aleph. Heading at the top of each page: "Keter Malchut".
The manuscript comprises various piyyutim and selichot for the Ten Days of Repentance, including Yashen al Tirdam by R. Yehuda HaLevi and the Keter Malchut piyyut by R. Shlomo ibn Gabirol ([9]b–[23]b).
At the end of the manuscript, inscription in semi–cursive Italian script – instruction to recite a memorial prayer at the end of the selichot for Yitzchak Berachya Baraffaelle, a prominent wealthy Jew in Rome.
[30] leaves. 21.5 cm. Thick paper. Good condition. Stains. Worming, slightly affecting title page border. Gilt edges. New binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, IT.011.014.
