[Shiviti plaque for Purim]

Description

Title: [Shiviti plaque for Purim]
Alternative Title: [Shivviti plaque for Purim]
Shiviti plaque : [Kurdistan], late 19th or early 20th cent.
שויתי : קורדיסטן, סוף המאה ה-19 או תחילת המאה ה-20.
Contributor: Habib ben ʻAziz
חביב בן עזיז
Published / Created: [late 19th or early 20th cent.]
Publication Place: [Kurdistan]
Abstract: Manuscript, ink and paint on paper. Shiviti plaque using the traditional appearance and texts of a shiviti tablet, including Psalm 16:8, "I have set [Heb. shiṿiti] God always before me," and Psalm 67, but mainly containing texts relating to the festival
Description: Purchased from Bery Gross on the Alexander Lowenthal Judaica Book Fund, 2007.
Extent: 1 item ([1] leaf) ; 50 x 35 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Hebrew

Format: mixed material
Genre: Hand coloring
Illustrations
Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Kurdistan--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Habib ben ʻAziz
חביב בן עזיז
Subject (Topic): Jewish art and symbolism
Manuscripts, Hebrew --Kurdistan
Prayer--Judaism
Purim
Religious articles--Kurdistan

Access: Public
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Citation: Shiviti plaque, Hebrew MSS suppl 147. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.