Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
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![Book of Yechezkel on parchment. [Lithuania or Eretz Israel, ca. early 20th century].
Neat Ashkenazic (Beit Yosef) script,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/13_1.jpg "Book of Yechezkel on Parchment – 20th Century")
![Book of Yechezkel on parchment. [Lithuania or Eretz Israel, ca. early 20th century].
Neat Ashkenazic (Beit Yosef) script,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/13_2.jpg "Book of Yechezkel on Parchment – 20th Century")
Book of Yechezkel on parchment. [Lithuania or Eretz Israel, ca. early 20th century].
Neat Ashkenazic (Beit Yosef) script, on 13 parchment membranes. Rolled on Atzei Chaim, with matching fabric mantle.
Height of parchment: 56 cm. Maximum size of Atzei Chaim: 86 cm. Overall good condition. Many stains. Corrections. Faded letters on some membranes. Right Etz Chaim broken and missing bottom.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
![Book of Trei Asar on parchment. [Lithuania or Eretz Israel, 19th/20th century].
Neat Ashkenazic (Beit Yosef) script, on 10](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/14_1.jpg "Book of Trei Asar on Parchment – 19th/20th Century")
![Book of Trei Asar on parchment. [Lithuania or Eretz Israel, 19th/20th century].
Neat Ashkenazic (Beit Yosef) script, on 10](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/14_2.jpg "Book of Trei Asar on Parchment – 19th/20th Century")
Book of Trei Asar on parchment. [Lithuania or Eretz Israel, 19th/20th century].
Neat Ashkenazic (Beit Yosef) script, on 10 parchment membranes. Rolled on Atzei Chaim, with matching fabric mantle.
Height of parchment: 44 cm. Maximum size of Atzei Chaim: 86 cm. Overall fair condition. Many stains, damage and moisture damage. Faded ink. Deleted and cracked letters. Marginal tears to last membrane.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
![Fragment of an Ashkenazic manuscript Machzor on parchment. [Ca. 13th/14th century], used subsequently as binding for a Latin](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/15_1.jpg "Fragment of an Ashkenazic Machzor on Parchment – 13th/14th Century – U")
![Fragment of an Ashkenazic manuscript Machzor on parchment. [Ca. 13th/14th century], used subsequently as binding for a Latin](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/15_2.jpg "Fragment of an Ashkenazic Machzor on Parchment – 13th/14th Century – U")
Fragment of an Ashkenazic manuscript Machzor on parchment. [Ca. 13th/14th century], used subsequently as binding for a Latin book.
Section from the Shacharit prayer for Yom Kippur from a large-format Machzor, in square Ashkenazic script, characteristic of the 13th and 14th centuries.
On the exterior (used as the exterior part of the binding) are inscriptions in Latin, dated 1590.
21.5x35.5. Fair condition. Stains. Folds, tears and damage as a result of binding. Remains of a thread for binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 025.012.001.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
![Manuscript on parchment – Pittum HaKetoret. [Ca. 19th century].Square script, vowelized. Pocket format.
On the last leaf i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/16_1.jpg "Manuscript on Parchment – Pittum HaKetoret, with Lamnatzeach Menorah a")
![Manuscript on parchment – Pittum HaKetoret. [Ca. 19th century].Square script, vowelized. Pocket format.
On the last leaf i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/16_2.jpg "Manuscript on Parchment – Pittum HaKetoret, with Lamnatzeach Menorah a")
![Manuscript on parchment – Pittum HaKetoret. [Ca. 19th century].Square script, vowelized. Pocket format.
On the last leaf i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/16_3.jpg "Manuscript on Parchment – Pittum HaKetoret, with Lamnatzeach Menorah a")
Manuscript on parchment – Pittum HaKetoret. [Ca. 19th century].
Square script, vowelized. Pocket format.
On the last leaf is Psalm 67 in the shape of a Menorah. On verso is a Shiviti page (written in large letters and decorated with a frame and color).
[7] leaves. Approx. 10 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. New binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, EI.012.003.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
![Ilan Sefirot amulet. [20th century.]
Handwritten amulet on parchment, in narrow and long format. Contains a particularly d](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/17_1.jpg "Ilan Sefirot Amulet – 20th Century")
![Ilan Sefirot amulet. [20th century.]
Handwritten amulet on parchment, in narrow and long format. Contains a particularly d](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/17_2.jpg "Ilan Sefirot Amulet – 20th Century")
![Ilan Sefirot amulet. [20th century.]
Handwritten amulet on parchment, in narrow and long format. Contains a particularly d](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/17_3.jpg "Ilan Sefirot Amulet – 20th Century")
Ilan Sefirot amulet. [20th century.]
Handwritten amulet on parchment, in narrow and long format. Contains a particularly detailed Ilan Sefirot, with text and diagrams representing the kabbalistic Hishtalshelut HaOlamot. At the end is an inscription stating that this Ilan is a Segulah for being liked, success and offspring, and offers protection from the evil eye, plague, demons and every evil thing.
Placed in a silver amulet holder (open, without a cover).
Amulet – width: 4.5 cm, length: 85 cm; amulet holder (partially incomplete): approx. 5.5 cm. Good condition.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
Two illuminated and decorated Parchment sheets which had served as title pages of Portuguese-Jewish record books. Amsterdam, 18th century.
1. Title page of a record book which had contained listings of donations from Amsterdam’s Portuguese-Jewish “Talmud Torah” congregation. The record book was managed by the gabbai Avraham Franco Mendes. Amsterdam, 1744.
Illuminated with an architectonic motif: A pair of massive columns adorned with leaves and flowers and surmounted by crown-shaped capitals, supporting a broad, decorated arch, in turn surmounted by a pair of trumpet-blowing angels on either side. Under the arch, inscribed in Hebrew, is the biblical verse “When you make a vow to the Lord, your God, you shall not delay in paying it…” (Deuteronomy 23:22). The congregation’s name – “Talmud Torah” – appears underneath this. The title of the book is in Portuguese: “Libro onde se notaõ as Ofertas Feitas No Santo K. K. de Amsterdam, Sendo Gabayos Abraham Fco. Mendes de Ishac, Anno 5504” (“The book wherein are listed the donations rendered in the Holy Congregation of Amsterdam, administered by the gabbai Avraham Franco de Mendes, son of Isaac, Year 1744”). Toward the bottom of the page, between the columns, is a rectangular illustration depicting the Binding of Isaac.
[1] leaf, 35.5X25 cm. Stains and tears to margins. Traces of adhesives on back.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, HO.012.003.
2. Title page of a record book which had contained listings of donations from Amsterdam’s Portuguese-Jewish community. The record book was managed by Ioseph (ben Shlomo) De Meza. Amsterdam, 1756.
Illuminated with an architectonic motif: A pair of massive columns, adorned with leaves and flowers, supports a broad, decorated arch. Inscribed in Hebrew underneath the arch is the biblical verse “When you make a vow to the Lord, your God, you shall not delay in paying it …” (Deuteronomy 23:22). The title of the book is in Portuguese: “Libro Onde se Notaõ As Ofertas Feitas no Santo KK. de Amsterdam da Misva de Es Haim: Sendo Thezoureiro o Sr. Ioseph de Selo. [Selomoh] De Meza” (“The book wherein are listed the donations rendered in the Holy Congregation of Amsterdam for [fulfillment of] the mitzvah of Etz Hayyim, while the [presiding] secretary was Mr. Ioseph de Selo. [Selomoh] De Meza”). In the bottom center, between the bases of the two columns, is an illustration of a fruit tree, and above this tree, the biblical passage “It is a tree of life for those who grasp it, and those who draw near it are fortunate.” (Proverbs 3:18) is inscribed in Hebrew. The name “David Lopes Silva” is inscribed on the arch in Latin letters; presumably, this is the name of the artist who created the title page.
[1] leaf, 29.5X19.5 cm. Few stains and creases. Traces of adhesives on back.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, HO.012.002.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.