Manuscript, Counting of the Omer with Kavanot – Gibraltar, 1807 – Scribed by Rabbi Shmuel Conqui – With Menorahs – Early Manuscript from Gibraltar

Manuscript, Counting of the Omer with Kavanot – Gibraltar, 1807 – Scribed by Rabbi Shmuel Conqui – With Menorahs – Early Manuscript from Gibraltar

Manuscript, counting of the Omer with kavanot, scribed by R. Shmuel Conqui. Gibraltar, [1807].
The manuscript comprises the order of Omer counting, with kabbalistic prayers and kavanot. Includes two menorahs – menorah comprised of Ana BeKoach (p. 1a) and a LaMenatze'ach Menorah (p. 10b).
Inscription on the first endpaper, handwritten and signed by R. Shmuel Conqui, attesting that he wrote this manuscript for his father, in Gibraltar 1807. Other inscriptions.
On p. 10b, in the border of the LaMenatze'ach Menorah, R. Shmuel Conqui added his name.
On the second endpaper, calligraphic signature of R. Shmuel Benjo, who writes that he received the book from his teacher R. Shmuel Conqui in 1834. Additional inscription by him on p. 10a.

R. Shmuel Conqui, rabbi, Torah scholar and mohel in Gibraltar in the first half of the 19th century. His library comprised many volumes of rare works and manuscripts, to which he added his glosses and comments.
There is another manuscript of the counting of the Omer with kavanot scribed by R. Shmuel Conqui in 1789 (JTS Library Ms. 1123).

[2], 28 leaves. 18 cm. (On leaf [2], watermark dated 1794). Fair–good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears and open tears, affecting text on first and final leaf, repaired in part with paper. Inscriptions and signatures. New binding.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, GB.011.001.