Manuscript, Selections and Novellae, Hoshanot, Piyyutim and More - Tlemcen, 19th Century

Manuscript, Selections and Novellae, Hoshanot, Piyyutim and More - Tlemcen, 19th Century
Manuscript, various selections - novellae, Hoshanot for Sukkot, piyyutim and more. [Tlemcen (Algeria), ca. first half of 19th century]. The manuscript begins with several novellae (beginning of this section lacking), followed by: a copying of She'erit Yosef (by R. Yosef ben Shem Tov, first printed in Salonika, 1521), various selections (Talmudic and halachic methodology, poetic writing and more), Hoshanot for Sukkot, piyyutim for various occasions (for a groom, Simchat Torah, Shavuot and more. Many piyyutim by R. Natan Djian, a Tlemcen Torah scholar and leading rabbi of the Maghreb, mentioned in one instance in this manuscript as amongst the living; piyyutim by R. Eliyahu Sedbon, R. Fradji Shawat and others), "Re'ashim URe'amim", "Prayer to be recited by the gravesite of pious men", and more. Two pages contain lists of books and items. The title of one of them mentions Tlemcen, Algeria. On p. [19a], at the end of the copying of She'erit Yosef, the writer's colophon appears: "So says the young and small writer, Mordechai Atwati…". P. [83b] is decorated with a border to serve as the closing page (though another leaf was bound after it), and includes an additional colophon: "Said the young and small Mordechai Atwati, may G-d grant us the merit of studying His holy and living Torah". [84] leaves. Lacking beginning. Several leaves missing in the middle and several are bound out of sequence. 15.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear, mostly marginal. Parchment binding, repaired.