Service book (Jewish): Haggadah

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 MS MOCATTA 1
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full title	: Service book (Jewish): Haggadah
Date(s)	: [Early 14th century]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume containing 58 folios
Name of creator(s)	: Unknown

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

This Haggadah is possibly of Castilian origin.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript Haggadah [early 14th century], for Passover Eve: Jewish order of service for domestic use.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Hebrew. Spanish hand. Square characters of various sizes.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

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

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

Related material:

University College London Special Collections also holds various other service books (Ref: MS MOCATTA 3-4, 7-9, 12, 23, 25, 35).

Publication note:

Convivencia: Jews, Muslims and Christians in Medieval Spain, ed V Mann, T Glick and J Dodds (New York, 1992), p 192, gives a more detailed description of the Haggadah and includes an illustration of the manuscript.

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Source: Convivencia: Jews, Muslims and Christians in Medieval Spain, ed V Mann, T Glick and J Dodds (New York, 1992), p 192. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Oct 2001