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LOT 50:
CARMI, YOSEPH YEDIDIAH. Kanaph ...
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CARMI, YOSEPH YEDIDIAH. Kanaph
Rananim [Piyutim].
First Edition. f. 12, 107, (9). Ff. (4) loose. Dampwrinkled, shaved. Title laid down, taped repairs to margin of second leaf. Contemporary calf-backed boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 1172.
Venice, Caleoni for Bragadin, 1626.
Composed for recitation by the Shomrim LaBoker society of the Usiglio Family Synagogue in the town of Modena, where Carmi served as Cantor. His piyutim display marked kabbalistic influences. The Aschkenazic societies of Shomerim LaBoker (“Watchers of the Dawn”) would recite hymns in the pre-dawn of Monday and Thursday mornings.
For a discussion of the significance of this pious brotherhood within the history of Jewish Liturgy, see EJ vol. XI, col. 615.
