Decorated manuscript, Pesach Dahir. [Morocco, ca. early 20th century.]
Square script. Some pages are finely decorated with decorations characteristic of Morocco, in orange, green and brown, with “rugs” and with architectural frames with a horseshoe arch in the center.
The Pesach Dahir was customarily recited in North African communities during Pesach. The work contains a halachic piyyut on the laws of Pesach in Hebrew and in stanza-by-stanza Judeo-Arabic translation, additional piyyutim in Judeo-Arabic, and Targum of the festival Haftarot.

[23] leaves (some leaves are bound out of sequence and there seem to be leaves missing). 17.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and wear. Open tears to first two leaves, affecting text. Text and illustrations affected in several additional places. New binding.

Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.031

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