Manuscript – Tiklal Siddur With Long Novellae and Commentary by Rabbi Yitzchak Wanneh – Yemen, 17th/18th Century

Manuscript – Tiklal Siddur With Long Novellae and Commentary by Rabbi Yitzchak Wanneh – Yemen, 17th/18th Century
Manuscript, Yemenite rite Tiklal siddur, with novellae and commentary by Rabbi Yitzchak (Mahari) Wanneh – prayers for every day, Shabbat, festivals, holidays and fast days. [Yemen, late 17th century or early 18th century].
Early Yemenite script (characteristic of the time of R. Shalom Shabazi), with predominantly supralinear vocalization. Leaves [182-186] and leaves [201-202] were replaced in later handwriting [ca. 19th century]. "Windows" with long commentaries were incorporated by the scribe into the text of most pages, titled "Chiddushin" ("Novellae") and "Perush" ("Commentary"). Most of these commentaries are attributed to Mahari Wanneh. The length of these commentaries (shortened in most copies of the Tiklal from that time) render this manuscript unique.
Several glosses, some long, in other Yemenite hands, containing additional commentary.
The manuscript contains: daily prayers, prayers for Shabbat, Pirkei Avot (with novellae), Tikun Shabbat Malkata, Tikunei Shabbat, songs for Shabbat and Motzei Shabbat, prayers for Rosh Chodesh and Passover, Passover Haggadah (with commentary by the Mahari Wanneh), prayers for Shavuot, Azharot of R. Shlomo ibn Gabirol, prayers for fast days, Megillat Eichah and Kinot, prayers for the High Holidays, Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret, Hoshaanot, prayer for rain, Hakafot and Piyyutim for Simchat Torah, prayers for Chanuka and Purim and Purim songs, Megillat Esther (with Tafsir), eulogies, Selichot, "Maranot", Seder HaAvodah of Yom Kippur (by R. Avraham ibn Ezra), blessings, leap years and calendar of the Tekufot, texts for Ketubot, Gittin and contracts.
[234] leaves, approx. 30 cm. Lacking leaves at the beginning, middle and end. Condition varies, fair to fair-poor. Slightly faded ink on many leaves. Many stains. Wear and tears, affecting text (paper repairs to margins of most leaves). Worming affecting text (repaired). New binding, with leather spine.
The manuscript is missing the beginning of the Tekufot calendars; they begin from the year 1730. Two of the leaves that were replaced in later handwriting (201-202) feature calendars of Tekufot beginning with 1868.