Manuscript - Kol Tefilla Kol Kinah VeKol Rinah - Prayers, Verses and Piyyutim for Fast-Days - Livorno, 1851 - ...

Manuscript - Kol Tefilla Kol Kinah VeKol Rinah - Prayers, Verses and Piyyutim for Fast-Days - Livorno, 1851 - Illustrated Title Page and Elaborate Leather Binding
Manuscript, "Kol Tefilla Kol Kinah VeKol Rinah according to the rites of the Livorno community", hymns, verses and piyyutim recited on fast-days at the time the Torah scroll is removed from the Holy Ark and upon its return to the ark. Livorno, 1851.
Handsome manuscript in very good condition. Illustrated title page. Black ink on high-quality thick light bluish paper. Charming square script in large vowelized lettering. Instructions in small unvowelized script. Wide margins.
Handsome contemporary leather binding, with embossed ornaments. A lace ending in two pompons is attached to the binding for use as a bookmark.
Written on the title page: "Made by Yehuda Rokach… in the beautiful city of Livorno to beseech the Lord… during the fast-day prayers". Perhaps the writer, "Yehuda Rokach" is R. Yehuda Rokach who was born in Livorno in 1840, and served as teacher in the Rabbinical Beit Midrash in Livorno - son-in-law of R. Eliyahu Ben-Amozag (died in 1899). If he is indeed the writer, this manuscript was written at the time he was only 11 years old.
Contains: Prayers upon removing the Sefer Torah from the Holy Ark on fast-days, the Psalms to be recited on the various fast-days, the piyyut "Al Hechali Evke" recited on Tisha B'Av, another piyyut for Tisha B'Av, and more.
The 22nd of Shevat appears among the fast-days. This was a special day of commemoration for the Livorno community, instituted in memory of the salvation from the 1742 earthquake. (The book "Shivchei Todah" by R. Malachi HaCohen was printed following this event). The piyyut "Eshtachave el Hechal Kodshecha…" written in commemoration of this event appears in this manuscript.
[2], 53 pages. 20.5 cm. Overall very good condition. High-quality thick paper. Most leaves are clean, only few pages are stained. Several loose leaves. Lightly penned inscriptions on four pages. Worn and rubbed leather binding.