Decorated Petite Manuscript: Mincha and Maariv for the Shabbat and Weekdays as

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Decorated Petite Manuscript:

Mincha and Maariv for the Shabbat and Weekdays as per Baghdad’s Custom; Iraq, Mid-19th Century

Manuscript siddur with Mincha and Maariv for weekdays and Shabbos, Kabbalas Shabbos, Shir Hashirim and Zemiros.

Manuscript is written in square Hebrew-Iraqi script. Some parts are written in typical Rashi script.

The manuscript boasts folk art style flowering diagrams and designs, including a menorah-shaped psalm text.

The owner’s signatures on the first page are impressively decorated.

There is also a monogrammed owner’s signature from a local Baghdadi rabbi.

153 pages | 10 x 8 cm | Original softcover leather binding | Good condition