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Decorated Manuscript, Pocket Format – Bakashot and Piyyutim – Meknes, Morocco - Manuscript, bakashot and piyyutim. [Meknes, Morocco, 19th century]. Pocket format. Cursive Western script. Throughout the volume, decorated initial panels and conclusions of piyyutim, in fine arabesques, in a characteristic Moroccan style. Purple ink incorporated on some pages. On first leaf (endpaper), ownership inscription in large letters: ”Refael Toledano”. At top of following leaf (beginning of piyyutim), another ownership inscription: ”Refael Toledano”. At end of manuscript: ”Awesome prayer for salvation from the evil inclination”, and ”Undoing of a dream, tried and true”. On several leaves, inscriptions from a later period, including piyyutim, index, ownership inscriptions and more. [105] leaves. Approx. 11 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears, defects and wear, affecting text in several places. Original leather binding, with defects. Provenance: 1. Abensour Family Collection, Fez, Morocco. 2. Victor Klagsbald Collection – Morocco, no. 53. Reference: Victor Klagsbald, Catalogue des manuscrits marocains de la collection Klagsbald, Paris, 1980, pp. 113-115. See this source for a list of piyyutim.