Manuscript, piyyutim for various occasions, in Hebrew and Judeo–Arabic. [Morocco, ca. 19th–20th centuries].
Anthology by various writers, in semi–cursive and cursive Sephardic (Maghrebi) script.
The manuscript opens with a decorative border, and a piyyut on the Ten Commandments in Judeo–Arabic. The initial word of each commandment is set in a similar frame. The scribe signed in his name in the initial word panel of the fourth commandment: "Yehoshua HaTzarfati", and again at the foot of p. 22a.
The piyyut for Shavuot is followed by piyyutim for various occasions, by R. Yaakov Berdugo and other North–African Torah scholars.
Signatures by various writers throughout the manuscript (and inscription in one place of the year 1886).
[80] leaves (including several blank leaves). Approx. 17 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears and open tears, affecting text (primarily to final leaves). Tears to decorations on several leaves due to ink erosion. New binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.074.
