Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $10,000
Unsold
Small format Torah Scroll. [Eastern Europe, beginning of 19th century?]. Nice-looking Ashkenazi script, characteristic to Russia or Eastern Europe, 18th-19th centuries. Written by two scribes. Rolled on carved Atzei Chaim. Clad in a velvet mantle and trussed with a velvet belt, with an embroidered illustration of a crown. On the crown are the (Hebrew) letters: Kaf and Taf. [The Atzei Chaim and the mantle are from a later time]. In the Torah scroll are unusual letters as was the custom of early scribes: enlarged letters according to a tradition that differs from the usual, the (Hebrew) letter Peh is winding, the vertical lines of the letter Chet are widened, etc. For a list of unusual letters, please see Hebrew description. Large tagim (crowns on the letters). At the beginning of Bereshit are crown-shaped adornments made into tagim (a rare phenomenon because according to halacha, it is forbidden to add ornamentation to a Torah scroll, but here the letters were adorned in a permissible fashion, the adornments are a continuation of the tagim). The height of the parchment: 15.5 cm. Maximum height, with the Atzei Chaim: 29.5 cm. Overall good condition.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $3,000
Unsold
Torah Scroll. Ashkenazi script. [19th century]. Small format. Rolled on ancient Atzei Chaim. Clad in a blue velvet mantle and trussed [from a later time]. Height of parchment: 19.5 cm. Maximum height, with Atzei Chaim: 42.5 cm. Fair condition. Dampness to several places, stains and wear, corrections and parchment patches.
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Torah Scrolls
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Torah Scroll. Ashkenazi script (Vellish). [19th century]. Small-medium format. Rolled on Atzei Chaim and clad in a velvet mantle [both from a later time]. width of columns varies, some columns are especially wide (16 cm.) and some narrow (5.5 cm.). Varying size of letters. Written by several scribes. One membrane is replaced in a later writing. This Torah Scroll is scarce due to a number of differences from the usual writing: The writing of the section of Arayot (Parshat Kedoshim) appears in two columns (like Shirat Ha’azinu). The Arurim (curses) in Parshat Ki tavo are written in varying spacing, so that each one will end a line; spacing between Parshat Bereshit and Parshat Noach and other differences. The height of the parchment: 22.5 cm. Maximum height with the Atzei Chaim: 45 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Faded ink.
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Torah Scrolls
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $3,000
Unsold
Torah Scroll. Ashkenazi script (HaAri-Chassidic). [Eastern Europe, 19th Century]. Medium format. Rolled on Atzei Chaim and clad in a velvet mantle [both from a later time]. Height of parchment: 23 cm. Maximum height with the Atzei Chaim: 52 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Faded ink.
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Torah Scrolls
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Torah Scroll. Italian script (Vellish). [North Italy, c. 19th century]. Thin parchment. Rolled on carved Atzei Chaim. Height of parchment: 31 cm. 50 lines per column. Maximum height with the Atzei Chaim: 63 cm. Fair condition. Stains, erasures and faded ink. Several patches.
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Torah Scrolls
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Torah Scroll. Italian script (Vellish). [North Italy, c. 19th century]. Soft light-brown parchment. Written by several writers. Several replaced membranes and late corrections. The spaces and fashion of the petuchot and segurot (“open and closed”) parshiot are different than the custom today. Trussed with a white fabric wimpel (without inscription), with blue ribbons for fastening. Height of parchment: 40.5 cm. Fair condition, stains and dampness. Erasures and faded ink. Without Atzei Chaim.
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