Perek Shirah

Perek Shirah is a cosmic hymn to the Creator in which all of Creation, including the winds, clouds, all species of birds, mammals and fish sing praises for their very existence. It opens with the promise that those who recite it “are assured of a place in the World to Come” and ends with the hope that their study will be transformed into good deeds that will win heavenly reward. The praises are expressed in the form of scriptural quotations, reflecting the Jewish belief in the interdependence of study and prayer. This tenth-century work also reflects an acute awareness of the spiritual dimension of nature and the environment. This charming Hebrew and Yiddish manuscript was probably written by Aaron Wolf Schreiber Herlingen of Gewitsch, who worked in Vienna, probably the most famous Hebrew scribe of the eighteenth century. Its vellum leaves contain exquisite miniatures of many of the 'worshippers' within magnificent scenes from nature.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Perek Shirah": Perek Shirah facsimile edition, published by Facsimile Editions Ltd., 1996

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Perek Shirah

Commentary (English) by Beit-Arié, Malachi; Schonfield, Jeremy; Schrijver, Emile

Limited Edition: 550 copies

Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Perek Shirah: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

The facsimile is printed on a specially-milled paper in up to seven colors, bound in aged vellum, and tooled as the original. The commentary volume, printed on Fabriano Ingres, contains a short introduction explaining the origins of the Perek Shirah text, a translation of the text, and a description of the manuscript. The facsimile and commentary volume are housed in a hand-marbled slipcase.