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<dl><dd>Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002</dd>
<dd>Manuscript in Hebrew; in fine Provençal hand on paper; title page within decorative border; modern green morocco gilt binding</dd>
<dd>Prayerbook for the Jewish community of Avignon; Avignon was a papal territory and the manuscript includes a prayer for the Pope on the fall holiday of Simhat Torah; it had been occupied by French troops in 1688, so the prayer for the Pope was replaced by one for King Louis XIV</dd>
<dd>Kestenbaum &amp; Company auction, December 8, 2011, lot 268</dd></dl><p><b>Columbia University Catalog: </b>&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/11536929">http://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/11536929</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;go to CLIO&lt;/a&gt;
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<br>Subjects: Hebrew language; Manuscripts, Hebrew; Jewish festival-day sermons</div>
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Jewish Community of Avignon, France</div>
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