Mahzor of Worms

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One of the oldest known passages in a language identifiable as Yiddish, in the Mahazor of Worms. The sentence is written in red within the letters of the Hebrew title. The text is a rhyming couplet, fully vocalized. Early Yiddish Passage.png
One of the oldest known passages in a language identifiable as Yiddish, in the Maḥazor of Worms. The sentence is written in red within the letters of the Hebrew title. The text is a rhyming couplet, fully vocalized.
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The Mahzor of Worms is a thirteenth century illuminated manuscript. Dated to 1272, it is a Mahzor, a Jewish festival liturgical prayerbook, and the locus of the first written Yiddish. [1] [2] The scribe who copied the manuscript was Simhah ben Yehuda Ha-Sofer and it was illustrated by Shemiah Ha-Zarfati. [3]

The first volume was completed likely in Würzburg. The second volume was produced at a later time, probably in Worms, where the two volumes were used by the local Jewish community. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Worms Mahzor". Facsimile Finder - Medieval Manuscript Facsimiles.
  2. ↑ Prager, Leonard; Hill, Brad Sabin (1995). "Yiddish Manuscripts in the British Library". The British Library Journal. 21 (1): 81–108. ISSN   0305-5167. JSTOR   42554401.
  3. ↑ "Worms Mahzor". cja.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
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