Manuscript, Mincha and Arvit prayers for weekdays, Shabbat and the Three Festivals, including Shir HaShirim (for Mincha of Erev Shabbat), Kabbalat Shabbat and Hallel. [Baghdad], 1860.
Pocket format. Semi-cursive and square Oriental script (typical of Baghdad), with impressive colorful illustrations and ornaments.
At the beginning of the manuscript (p. 2a), inscription in square script, in which the scribe mentions his name – Yosef Avraham Shalom Abd al-Razzaq (the father of the scribe, R. Avraham Shalom Yosef Abd al-Razzaq, was a notable member of the Baghdad community, and his signature appears on documents and ketubot ca. 1815-1820).
Two decorated colophon leaves follow the Shabbat Mincha prayer, stating the year the manuscript was scribed – 1860. These pages are followed by Psalms and the prayer for the Three Festivals, including Hallel.
The manuscript is masterfully illustrated and decorated, in the spirit of Islamic manuscripts. The text is enclosed in red, green and blue rectangular frames. The colophon pages are decorated in color and gilt, with a dome-like floral ornament at the top of each page (typical of Islamic manuscripts), and the text set in a floral frame. The manuscript opens with a fine, colorful illustration of a vase brimming with flowers, within a pointed multifoil arch, also gilt (this leaf was bound upside down; it may have originally been placed at the end of the manuscript, rather than at the beginning).

[49] leaves (irregular penciled pagination). Approx. 11 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Blemishes and tears, primarily to margins and along borders framing text, affecting borders, illustrations and text. Open tears to colophon pages; some loss to gilt ornaments. The entire manuscript was professionally restored with paper. New leather binding (placed in a case).

The manuscript is documented in: Michael Epstein (editor and author), Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink, Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts, Princeton 2015, p. 30.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, PS.011.011.