Mahzor of Worms

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]

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.

References

^ "Worms Mahzor". Facsimile Finder - Medieval Manuscript Facsimiles.
^ 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.
^ "Worms Mahzor". cja.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2024-09-23.

External links

Machzor Worms in the catalog of the National Library of Israel, including a full scan.

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[1] "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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Mahzor of Worms

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