Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
November 6, 2012
Opening: $200
Sold for: $575
Including buyer's premium
Collection of various manuscripts of “Aggadeta D'Pescha”, Passover Haggadah according to Yemenite custom. [18-19th century]. Signatures of writers and owners from the Seri HaLevi family (Alseri Alevi).
Four manuscripts, various sizes and conditions. 3 have new bindings.
Four manuscripts, various sizes and conditions. 3 have new bindings.
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Yemenite Jewry, Letters and Manuscripts
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Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
November 6, 2012
Opening: $300
Sold for: $575
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, mishnayot Seder Mo'ed, with translation and explanation in Jewish-Arabic. Sana’a [Yemen], 1927.
Complete manuscript on all tractates of Seder Mo'ed, in handsome impressive scribal writing. After each Mishna, its translation and explanation in Jewish-Arabic appears. In various places, the scribe added illustrations. Several supplementary glosses on page margins. Colophon on last leaf: "This was completed on Tuesday… 1927 and written in Sana’a… I, Yitzchak…" [Calligraphic non-deciphered signature].
[450] pages. 23 cm. Good condition. Few stains. Moth damage [on binding and first leaves]. Binding in good condition.
Complete manuscript on all tractates of Seder Mo'ed, in handsome impressive scribal writing. After each Mishna, its translation and explanation in Jewish-Arabic appears. In various places, the scribe added illustrations. Several supplementary glosses on page margins. Colophon on last leaf: "This was completed on Tuesday… 1927 and written in Sana’a… I, Yitzchak…" [Calligraphic non-deciphered signature].
[450] pages. 23 cm. Good condition. Few stains. Moth damage [on binding and first leaves]. Binding in good condition.
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Yemenite Jewry, Letters and Manuscripts
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Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
November 6, 2012
Opening: $300
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, “composition by prominent Ga’on Rabbi Yosef Karo – laws including glosses”, chapters 1-428. Fine and cursive writing. [Yemen, c. 18th-19th century]. Glosses on leaf margins.
Title page contains colophon by writer who requests that studier of book “not disparage me, G-d forbid, since I put all my efforts into this work for the sake of Heaven. If an error is detected, he should correct it and be blessed”. He concludes with an unreadable signature. Leaf 6 contains an additional colophon: “The writer, insignificant… of scholars and scribes – [unreadable signature] – Alkakri, may I and my offspring merit to study Torah until the end of the days, Amen”. Ownership notations and signatures of book owners from various periods: “Ha’Aron Ibn Daud Ibn Tzalach Daud known as Alkaratz in Yemen”; “Shalom Ibn Tzadok Ibn Ya’akov”; “Sadian Shalom”; and more.
[6], 269 leaves. 16.5 cm. Quality pale paper, fair condition, extensive usage stains and wear. Unbound.
Title page contains colophon by writer who requests that studier of book “not disparage me, G-d forbid, since I put all my efforts into this work for the sake of Heaven. If an error is detected, he should correct it and be blessed”. He concludes with an unreadable signature. Leaf 6 contains an additional colophon: “The writer, insignificant… of scholars and scribes – [unreadable signature] – Alkakri, may I and my offspring merit to study Torah until the end of the days, Amen”. Ownership notations and signatures of book owners from various periods: “Ha’Aron Ibn Daud Ibn Tzalach Daud known as Alkaratz in Yemen”; “Shalom Ibn Tzadok Ibn Ya’akov”; “Sadian Shalom”; and more.
[6], 269 leaves. 16.5 cm. Quality pale paper, fair condition, extensive usage stains and wear. Unbound.
Category
Yemenite Jewry, Letters and Manuscripts
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