Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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![Esther scroll. [Poland, 19th century]. Ink on parchment. Script typical of Western Poland in the first half of the 19th centu](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/1.jpg "Esther Scroll – Neat Script – Poland, 19th Century")
Esther scroll. [Poland, 19th century].
Ink on parchment. Script typical of Western Poland in the first half of the 19th century (Beit Yosef script), exceptionally neat, with decorations at the top of each column and to all lines in the column of Haman's ten sons. In one place, enlarged letters spell out the four-lettered Name of G-d. 28 lines per column.
Height of parchment: approx. 41 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Ink faded in many places.
Expert report enclosed.
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![Esther scroll. [Poland, 19th century]. Ink on parchment. Script typical of Poland in the first half of the 19th century (Beit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/2.jpg "Esther Scroll – Letters Forming Holy Names Enlarged – Poland, 19th Cen")
Esther scroll. [Poland, 19th century].
Ink on parchment. Script typical of Poland in the first half of the 19th century (Beit Yosef script); the column of Haman's ten sons in Vellish script. Opening word in large script and decorated. In four places, enlarged letters spell out the four-lettered Name of G-d. Unusually wide columns, 43 lines per column – only seven columns in the entire scroll (including one column for Haman's ten sons).
Height of parchment: approx. 31.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and creases. Some marginal tears.
Expert report enclosed.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
![Esther scroll with many unusual letters. [Poland, 17th century]. Ink on parchment. Script typical of 17th century Poland, wit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/3.jpg "Rare Esther Scroll - Unusual Letters – Poland, 17th Century")
Esther scroll with many unusual letters. [Poland, 17th century].
Ink on parchment. Script typical of 17th century Poland, with blobs atop the crownlet decorations (possibly added later). 30 lines per column.
Many unusual letters, such as: winding Pe with additional decorations below, Lamed with a fork-like extension, various letters with an additional rounded serif, and more. The custom of writing unusual letters is usually found in old Torah scrolls. Esther scrolls with such letters are very rare. Furthermore, Esther scrolls from Poland in this period are rare.
Height of parchment: approx. 33 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, some dark. Wear and creases. Ink faded in several places.
Expert report enclosed.
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![Esther scroll on wooden roller. [Balkans, second half of the 18th century]. Ink on parchment. Sephardic script, typical of th](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/4.jpg "Esther Scroll – Balkans, 18th Century")
Esther scroll on wooden roller. [Balkans, second half of the 18th century].
Ink on parchment. Sephardic script, typical of the Balkans. Approximately 18 lines per column. Carved wooden roller.
Height of parchment: approx. 12 cm. Height of roller: 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears to first membrane. Ink faded in several places. Damage to wooden roller.
Expert report enclosed.
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![Miniature Esther scroll on wooden roller, with leaf of the megillah blessings. [Italy, first half of the 19th century]. Ink o](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/5_1.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll – With Leaf of the Megillah Blessings – Italy,")
![Miniature Esther scroll on wooden roller, with leaf of the megillah blessings. [Italy, first half of the 19th century]. Ink o](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/5_2.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll – With Leaf of the Megillah Blessings – Italy,")
Miniature Esther scroll on wooden roller, with leaf of the megillah blessings. [Italy, first half of the 19th century].
Ink on parchment. Italian script. 11 lines per column. First membrane with decorative right edge and a thread for tying. Carved wooden roller.
Enclosed: a parchment leaf written by the same hand, with the blessings and other texts recited with the megillah reading.
Height of parchment: 5.5 cm. Height of roller: 19 cm. Leaf of blessings: 5.5X9.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
Expert report enclosed.
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![Miniature Esther scroll housed in an olive-wood case. [Jerusalem, ca. mid-20th century]. Ink on parchment; carved olive-wood,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/6_1.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll in an Olive-Wood Case – Jerusalem, Mid-20th Ce")
![Miniature Esther scroll housed in an olive-wood case. [Jerusalem, ca. mid-20th century]. Ink on parchment; carved olive-wood,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/6_2.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll in an Olive-Wood Case – Jerusalem, Mid-20th Ce")
Miniature Esther scroll housed in an olive-wood case. [Jerusalem, ca. mid-20th century].
Ink on parchment; carved olive-wood, printed.
HaMelech scroll – most columns begin with the word HaMelech. Sephardic script (unskilled). 14 lines per column.
Case carved with images of the Western Wall and Rachel's Tomb, with printed captions: "Jerusalem", "Western Wall", "Rachel's Tomb".
Height of parchment: 5 cm. Height of case: 19.5 cm. Good condition. Minor damage. A few stains and tears to parchment. Without wooden closure.
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Esther scroll, printed on paper. Basel: Wilhelm Haas, 1806. With printed borders.
Opens with blessings for the Megillah reading and two illustrations. In the final column: Harav Et Rivenu blessing, the piyyut Shoshanat Yaakov and the printer's details.
23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears. Some large tears, repaired with tape.
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![Manuscript on paper, Megillat Esther, with Targum Sheni in Italian. [Italy, ca. 18th century]. Hebrew and Italian. Complete m](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/8.jpg "Manuscript – Megillat Esther, with Targum Sheni in Italian – Italy, 18")
Manuscript on paper, Megillat Esther, with Targum Sheni in Italian. [Italy, ca. 18th century]. Hebrew and Italian.
Complete manuscript. Neat Italian script. An Italian translation of the Targum Sheni (a targum with midrashic elaborations) follows each Hebrew verse. Hebrew words are incorporated into the Italian translation.
[87] written leaves (many more blank leaves at the beginning and end of the volume). 25.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor wear and creases. Tears to several leaves. Original parchment binding, damaged.
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![Manuscript, Coplas de Purim – a long song for Purim, in Ladino. [Ca. 19th century]. Square Oriental script, mostly vocalized](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/9.jpg "anuscript – Coplas de Purim – Ladino")
Manuscript, Coplas de Purim – a long song for Purim, in Ladino. [Ca. 19th century].
Square Oriental script, mostly vocalized.
The coplas (or complas) are lengthy folk-songs in Ladino, sung in Sephardic communities on holidays and primarily on Purim. There are many coplas for Purim (by different authors), telling the story of the Megillah, describing the Purim meal, mocking Haman and his family, etc. They were sung from printed booklets or from memory.
This manuscript features a copla describing Haman's downfall (La caída de Hamán) – some 60 rhyming stanzas. This is followed by a "hashkava" (memorial prayer) for Haman and Zeresh (in Ladino).
[23] leaves (some written on one side only). 15 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and wear. Detached leaves. New binding.
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Haggadah LeLeil Shikorim, "to magnify and strengthen the joy of Purim" – parody based on the Passover Haggadah, by Tzvi Hirsh Sommerhausen. Brussels, [1842].
This is the first edition of the work, which was later reprinted in many editions. Lithographed manuscript, with printed wrappers.
15 pages. 22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Stamp. Postage stamp. Blue paper wrappers, with tears.
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![Torah scroll in neat script. [Slovakia, second half of the 19th century]. Ink on parchment. Neat Ashkenazic Arizal script. 42](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/325.jpg "Torah Scroll – Ashkenazic Arizal Script – Slovakia, 19th Century")
Torah scroll in neat script. [Slovakia, second half of the 19th century].
Ink on parchment. Neat Ashkenazic Arizal script. 42 lines per column. Vavei HaAmudim scroll, corresponding with one of the Tikkunei Sofrim published in the second half of the 19th century.
Height of parchment: approx. 52 cm. Height of rollers: 100 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Ink faded or crumbled in several places.
Expert report enclosed.
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![Torah scroll. [Israel, mid-20th century]. Ink on parchment. Sephardic script (late Iraqi style). 42 lines per column. Vavei H](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/326.jpg "Torah Scroll – Sephardic Script – Israel, Mid-20th Century")
Torah scroll. [Israel, mid-20th century].
Ink on parchment. Sephardic script (late Iraqi style). 42 lines per column. Vavei HaAmudim scroll, corresponding with one of the Tikkunei Sofrim published in the 19th-20th centuries.
Height of parchment: approx. 45 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Some ink smudging. Sewing between membranes partially broken in several places. Without rollers.
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