Manuscript, machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur following the French rite of Asti, Fossano and Moncalvo. [Italy, 18th/19th century].
Large format machzor, presumably for use by a chazan.
Vocalized, square script. Instructions in non-vocalized, square and semi-cursive script. Commentaries and additions in semi-cursive Italian script. Fine, decorated initial words and ornaments. Handwritten emendations and glosses throughout the machzor. Text corrected in several places with strips of paper containing amended text.
Comprises the prayers for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, with the text and piyyutim unique to the Apam rite – the rite of the three communities Asti, Fossano and Moncalvo, founded by French exiles who settled in the Piedmont region of Italy, following the French expulsion in the 14th century. While most exiles undertook the rite of the place they settled in, the members of these three communities maintained their original rite, thus preserving the early French prayer rite. This rite was never printed, and is extant only in early manuscripts.
[116] leaves. Approx. 38 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Original leather binding, damaged.

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