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Lot 382

Torah Scroll - North Africa

Torah scroll. North Africa (apparently Morocco), [19th century].
Parchment; wood embedded with silver rings.
Attractive (faded) Sephardi script. Reinforcements and ink corrections in many places. Some sheets were written by a different scribe. Some columns are particularly narrow (approximately 7 cm.).
Rolled on two Atzei Chaim, with upper edges embedded with silver rings (lacking bottom ornamentation).
Height of parchment: approx. 52 cm. Length of Atzei Chaim: 88 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears, primarily to margins and connections of membranes. New mantle.