Manuscript, Tiklal Siddur, with Commentaries and Glosses – Yemen, 1654

Manuscript, Tiklal Siddur, with Commentaries and Glosses – Yemen, 1654

Manuscript, Tiklal siddur according to Yemenite rite, with commentaries – prayers for weekdays, Shabbat, festivals, special days and fast days. [Yemen, ca. 1654].
Neat, early Yemenite script, typical of the 17th century. Prayers are written with supralinear vocalization, and Biblical texts with sublinear vocalization. In "windows" within the text, the scribe wrote (relatively short) commentaries, most by R. Yitzchak (Mahari) Wanneh. The Passover Haggadah contains a full-length commentary attributed to R. Yitzchak Wanneh, written around the text of the Haggadah (occupying the center of the leaf). The siddur also contains many glosses – some long – by other writers (Yemenite script), with additional commentary and halachic rulings.
The manuscript includes: prayers for weekdays, prayers for year-round Shabbatot, Pirkei Avot, songs for Shabbat and Motza'ei Shabbat, prayers for Rosh Chodesh, prayers for Passover, Passover Haggadah with lengthy commentary, prayers for Shavuot, Azharot by R. Shlomo ibn Gabirol, prayers for fast days, Eichah (with Tafsir) and Kinot, prayers for the High Holidays, prayers for Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret, Hoshanot, Tikkun HaGeshem, Hakafot and piyyutim for Simchat Torah, order for Chanukah, Tikkun and songs for Purim, Megillat Esther (with Tafsir), mourning service, selichot, Maranot and El Melech (selichot beginning with the words Maran and El Melech), order of Yom Kippur Temple service (by R. Avraham ibn Ezra), blessings, tables of leap years and tekufot, text of ketubot, gittin and other documents. Piyyutim of praise for G-d.
The tekufah tables at the end of the manuscript begin in year 5414 (1653-1654), hence the dating of the manuscript.
The siddur is almost complete, except for one or several leaves after leaf [150]. It may also be lacking several leaves at the end. The manuscript opens at the beginning of the siddur: "In the name of the Lord G-d, eternal G-d… at every moment, His praise is always in my mouth. Lift your holy hands and bless the Lord – complete Siddur".
On the blank page on the first leaf, prayer inscriptions and lengthy ownership inscriptions (partially deleted or trimmed).

[159] leaves. Approx. 30 cm. Condition varies, good-fair to fair. Many stains. Extensive wear and tears. Marginal open tears to many leaves (repaired with paper), significantly affecting text. Non-original, folk binding.