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Service book (Jewish): Siddur

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS MOCATTA 23

Held at: University College London

Title: Service book (Jewish): Siddur

Date(s): [1887]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 221 folios

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manucript Jewish service book [1887]: Siddur, rite of Sana (Yemen). Apparently copied from an original with superlinear vowel-points.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Hebrew. Yemenite characters. Vocalised throughout.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Paper, bound in blind-stamped morocco.

Finding aids:

Reginald Arthur Rye, Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts forming the library of F D Mocatta (Harrison & Sons, London, 1904).

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Formerly held with other Jewish collections in the Mocatta Library of University College London.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Mocatta Library (subsequently the Jewish Studies Library) of University College London.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

University College London Special Collections also holds various other service books (Ref: MS MOCATTA 1, 3-4, 7-9, 12, 25, 35).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.