Description of University of Pennsylvania CAJS Rar Ms 778: Austerlitz Memorbuch.

Description of University of Pennsylvania CAJS Rar Ms 778: Austerlitz Memorbuch. University of Pennsylvania 2026-01-12 2026-01-12 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts CAJS Rar Ms 778: Austerlitz Memorbuch. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2026 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. 1. f.1r-v: ʻAl ha-kol yitḳadash -- 2. f.2r-v: Yekum purkan -- 3. f.2v-3r: Mi she-berakh avotenu -- 4. f.3r: Mi she-ʻaśah nisim -- 5. f.3r-v: Av ha-raḥamim -- 6. f.4r: Mi she-berakh... ba-ʻavur she-notnim nedavah be-khol ʻerev Shabat, ṿe-ʻerev Yom Tov le-ḳupah shel tsedaḳah... 7. f. 4r: Le-varekh li-fene ha-taʻanit sheni ṿa-ḥamishi ṿe-sheni -- 8. f. 4v: Le-varekh kesheha-ḳahal ḳovʻim taʻanit ʻal pi ha-rav -- 9. f.4v-5r: Birkhat ha-ḥoli -- 10. f.5r-5v: Le-varekh la-yoledet -- 11. f.5v: [Benediction for incarcerated community members] -- 12: f. 6r-v: Ha-Elohim asher bara et ha-shamayim ṿe-et ha-arets ve-khol tsevaʼam [...] hu ye-varekh et adonenu ha-meyuḥas me-od ha-Ḳesar Romi [...] Ṿerdinandus [Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor] ṿe-et ishto ha-malkah Lenearo [Eleonora Gonzaga] ... -- 13. f.6v-7r: Mi she-berakh avotenu [...] hu yi-varekh [...] kol ish ṿe-ishah she-nizharim me-yayin she-aseru ḥakhamim [...] -- 14. f. 7r: Mi she-berakh avotenu [...] ve-kho ha-tsadiḳim ha-nizharim mile-daber be-Bet ha-kenest mi-teḥilat Barukh she-amar ṿe-Pesuke de-zimrah ube-shaʻah sheha-ḳahal ṿeha-shaliaḥ tsibur mitpalel Shemoneh ʻeśreh [...] -- 15. f. 7v: Mi she-berakh [...] ba-ʻavur she-nadar tsedaḳah be-ʻad ha-neshamot she-hizkir ha-yom [...] -- 16. f. 8r: Mi she-berakh [...] hu yi-varekh adonenu ha-meyuḥas me-od ha-Gravn yar.h. Oleani [Gräfin Eneanore von Kaunitz?] ṿe-et adonenu ha-grav Maḳsimilian [Graf Maximilian von Kaunitz], otam ṿe-et zarʻam... -- 17. f.8v-9r: Ḥaramim be-ḳitsur -- 18. f.10r-11v: Ḥerem shel Yehoshuaʻ ben Nun -- 19. f.12r-27r: Yizkor [Memorbuch portion]. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts CAJS Rar Ms 778 9979614695703681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1528016089

The memorbuch for the community of Austerlitz, dating from early 17th century (with a portion of the excommunication texts likely dating to the late 16th century), and the Memorbuch portion continually written in until at least 1811; the opening leaves of the manuscript are of the communal benedictions recited at the time the Yizkor names were pronounced, during the closing of the ark, following the Torah reading on select Sabbaths or Holidays, and occasional pronouncements (such as excommunications, or communal fasts); the liturgical texts in the manuscript follow the rite of eastern Ashkenaz (like much of Moravia during the 17th century) and the excommunications texts and ceremonies, such as the bearing of false witness, taking false oaths, and informing on fellow Jews, may be unique to Austerlitz (f. 10r-11v, dating from the 16th century, possibly removed from another codex).

Hebrew Austerlitz Memorbuch. [אויסטרליץ ממורבוך] former owner Klagsbald, Victor 1r ʻAl ha-kol yitḳadash 2r Yekum purkan 3r Mi she-berakh avotenu 3r Av ha-raḥamim 4r Mi she-berakh... ba-ʻavur she-notnim nedavah be-khol ʻerev Shabat, ṿe-ʻerev Yom Tov le-ḳupah shel tsedaḳah... 7 4r Le-varekh li-fene ha-taʻanit sheni ṿa-ḥamishi ṿe-sheni 4v Le-varekh kesheha-ḳahal ḳovʻim taʻanit ʻal pi ha-rav 4v Birkhat ha-ḥoli 5r Le-varekh la-yoledet 5v [Benediction for incarcerated community members] 6r Ha-Elohim asher bara et ha-shamayim ṿe-et ha-arets ve-khol tsevaʼam [...] hu ye-varekh et adonenu ha-meyuḥas me-od ha-Ḳesar Romi [...] Ṿerdinandus [Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor] ṿe-et ishto ha-malkah Lenearo [Eleonora Gonzaga] ... 6v Mi she-berakh avotenu [...] hu yi-varekh [...] kol ish ṿe-ishah she-nizharim me-yayin she-aseru ḥakhamim [...] 7r Mi she-berakh avotenu [...] ve-kho ha-tsadiḳim ha-nizharim mile-daber be-Bet ha-kenest mi-teḥilat Barukh she-amar ṿe-Pesuke de-zimrah ube-shaʻah sheha-ḳahal ṿeha-shaliaḥ tsibur mitpalel Shemoneh ʻeśreh [...] 7v Mi she-berakh [...] ba-ʻavur she-nadar tsedaḳah be-ʻad ha-neshamot she-hizkir ha-yom [...] 8r Mi she-berakh [...] hu yi-varekh adonenu ha-meyuḥas me-od ha-Gravn yar.h. Oleani [Gräfin Eneanore von Kaunitz?] ṿe-et adonenu ha-grav Maḳsimilian [Graf Maximilian von Kaunitz], otam ṿe-et zarʻam... 8v Ḥaramim be-ḳitsur 10r Ḥerem shel Yehoshuaʻ ben Nun 12r Yizkor [Memorbuch portion]

parchment

27 leaves : 230 x 150 (185 x 100) mm bound to 240 x 154 mm

Parchment, i (paper free-end) + 27 + i (paper free-end) ; 1⁶⁽⁻⁶⁾ (leaf 1.6 cancelled) 2⁴ (2.4v blank) 3-4⁴ 5² 6-7⁴ (7.4v blank); modern foliation in pencil, 1-27, lower left recto.

Written in 20 lines (liturgical portion, until f. 10, with some folios with half or blank lines to accomodate large versals built-in to paragraphs), line-ruled in drypoint; and 25-26 lines (oldest portion, f. 10r-11v), frame-ruled in drypoint on rectos. Written in a 17th century Ashkenazic square script, with instructions in a 17th century Ashkenazic semicursive script, all in a scribal hand (f.1r-9r); the oldest portion written in a 16th century semicursive Ashkenazic script (in a distinctive scribal hand; circa 1575-1600; f. 10r-11v); and the final Yizkor portion written in cursive and semicursive scripts (ranging from the early 17th century to the early 19th century).

Dark leather on wooden boards (with blind-tooled matching patterns), with a metal clasp on each board; spine later leather (wearing, opening at top); endpapers laid paper.

1575?-1811? Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic Sold by Kedem Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 102 (5 June 2025) lot 5 (as part of the collection of Victor Klagsbald). Ferdinand--II,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1578-1637--Prayers Eleonora,--consort of Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua,--1569-1611--Prayers Excommunication (Jewish law) Jews--Czech Republic--Slavkov u Brna--17th century--History--Sources Jews--Czech Republic--Slavkov u Brna--18th century--History--Sources Jews--Czech Republic--Slavkov u Brna--19th century--History--Sources Manuscripts, Hebrew--Czech Republic--Slavkov u Brna--17th century--Specimens Manuscripts, European illuminated manuscripts codices (bound manuscripts) benedictionals calligraphy (visual works) Prayers Manuscripts