Machsor of Worms
Illustration — 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.
Also recorded as Worms Machzor · Worms Machsor · Jerusalem, N. Lib., MS. heb. 4°781 · Worms mạhzor
Machsor of Worms
Machsor of Worms · Public domain
- Date
- 1272
- Language
- Hebrew
- Material
- parchment
- Held by
- National Library of Israel
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Illustration — 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. The scribe who copied the manuscript was Simhah ben Yehuda Ha-Sofer and it was illustrated by Shemiah Ha-Zarfati. 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.
Machsor of Worms is recorded as made of parchment. Recorded from 1272.
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1272
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1272
Machsor of Worms is recorded from 1272.
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