Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, "Marpe Lashon - Notations on the book Ma'ane Lashon". [Jerusalem? 18th century].
Complete composition of glosses on the book Ma'ane Lashon by R. Yisrael Ya'akov Algazi [this composition was published in three parts, these glosses are on Part 1 printed by the author's son, the Maharit Algazi in his book Ne'ot Ya'akov, Izmir 1761]. Handwritten by the author who notes in each gloss the leaf, the page and the line to which he refers in his gloss. In the book, the author occasionally mentions his composition Yad Lashon.
Written at the top of the pages: "Glosses on the book Ma'ane Lashon", or briefly in an acronym, and on the last leaf the author wrote the name he allocated for this composition: "It shall be titled Kuntress Marpeh Lashon".
In the anthology Min HaGenazim [Vol. 3, published by Ahavat Shalom, 2014, pp. 335-337] a manuscript is listed - a homily by an emissary from Jerusalem. This manuscript is written in an identical handwriting and the writer mentions his kuntress (pamphlet) Yad Lashon. The writer of the article notes that the person who wrote the manuscript served as a Jerusalem emissary in 1790 and that he is the grandson of the Maharash Primo.
On the last leaf are inscriptions [in another handwriting] of the version of L'Shem Yichud and initials (Holy Names?).
[16] pages. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains. New binding.
Complete composition of glosses on the book Ma'ane Lashon by R. Yisrael Ya'akov Algazi [this composition was published in three parts, these glosses are on Part 1 printed by the author's son, the Maharit Algazi in his book Ne'ot Ya'akov, Izmir 1761]. Handwritten by the author who notes in each gloss the leaf, the page and the line to which he refers in his gloss. In the book, the author occasionally mentions his composition Yad Lashon.
Written at the top of the pages: "Glosses on the book Ma'ane Lashon", or briefly in an acronym, and on the last leaf the author wrote the name he allocated for this composition: "It shall be titled Kuntress Marpeh Lashon".
In the anthology Min HaGenazim [Vol. 3, published by Ahavat Shalom, 2014, pp. 335-337] a manuscript is listed - a homily by an emissary from Jerusalem. This manuscript is written in an identical handwriting and the writer mentions his kuntress (pamphlet) Yad Lashon. The writer of the article notes that the person who wrote the manuscript served as a Jerusalem emissary in 1790 and that he is the grandson of the Maharash Primo.
On the last leaf are inscriptions [in another handwriting] of the version of L'Shem Yichud and initials (Holy Names?).
[16] pages. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains. New binding.
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Manuscripts - Eastern Countries and Sephardi
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Diverse collection of printed leaves with signatures and glosses, and handwritten leaves. [Most from Oriental countries - 16th-19th centuries].
· Printed leaves: Title pages, pamphlets and leaves with various signatures and glosses.
Including title pages of Sefer Mesharim, Venice, 1553; Me'ir Netiv, Venice, 1564; Me'il Shmuel, Venice 1705; Midrash Sefer Rabot. Amsterdam, 1641; Shema Shlomo, Amsterdam, 1710; Chukei Chaim, Jerusalem, 1843, inscribed by R. Sameach (acronym) Gagin; Chemdat Yamim, Livorno, [1763].
· Various handwritten sections: Prayers, Torah novellae, inscriptions, poems and halachic and aggadic compositions in Hebrew and Ladino [some are autographs of the authors, such as the section of the work Chukei Chaim in the handwriting of R. Avraham Gagin]. contracts, flyleaves with important signatures and interesting inscriptions.
Approximately 40 items. Size and condition vary.
· Printed leaves: Title pages, pamphlets and leaves with various signatures and glosses.
Including title pages of Sefer Mesharim, Venice, 1553; Me'ir Netiv, Venice, 1564; Me'il Shmuel, Venice 1705; Midrash Sefer Rabot. Amsterdam, 1641; Shema Shlomo, Amsterdam, 1710; Chukei Chaim, Jerusalem, 1843, inscribed by R. Sameach (acronym) Gagin; Chemdat Yamim, Livorno, [1763].
· Various handwritten sections: Prayers, Torah novellae, inscriptions, poems and halachic and aggadic compositions in Hebrew and Ladino [some are autographs of the authors, such as the section of the work Chukei Chaim in the handwriting of R. Avraham Gagin]. contracts, flyleaves with important signatures and interesting inscriptions.
Approximately 40 items. Size and condition vary.
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Manuscripts - Eastern Countries and Sephardi
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Tehillim and Ma'amadot, with various prayers. [Turkey / Greece, or another place in that area, 18th-19th centuries].
Conplete manuscript, in handsome semi-cursive Sephardic script. The writer signed his name in several places: "Yehuda son of R. Shlomo Benveniste ", and sometimes using the name of his mother "Simcha".
The manuscript contains the entire Book of Tehillim, with Ma'amadot for all days of the week and prayers for various occasions.
Before the Tehillim is a "compilation of Tehillim with my name Yehuda Bar Simcha", and on page 19/b: "I, Yehuda Bechar Shlomo Benveniste ".
On the last page and on a leaf pasted unto the back
binding are inscriptions of births and deaths, from 1774 until 1814, with many names of members of the writer's family and others ("Yehoshua Ardit", "Refael Aharon Moniyon", "Our teacher, Binyamin Roditi", etc.).
[7], 95 leaves. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Some leaves are dark from ink apparent on both sides of the leaf. Stains and wear. Tear on one leaf, dampstains to several leaves. Contemporary leather binding, with damages.
Conplete manuscript, in handsome semi-cursive Sephardic script. The writer signed his name in several places: "Yehuda son of R. Shlomo Benveniste ", and sometimes using the name of his mother "Simcha".
The manuscript contains the entire Book of Tehillim, with Ma'amadot for all days of the week and prayers for various occasions.
Before the Tehillim is a "compilation of Tehillim with my name Yehuda Bar Simcha", and on page 19/b: "I, Yehuda Bechar Shlomo Benveniste ".
On the last page and on a leaf pasted unto the back
binding are inscriptions of births and deaths, from 1774 until 1814, with many names of members of the writer's family and others ("Yehoshua Ardit", "Refael Aharon Moniyon", "Our teacher, Binyamin Roditi", etc.).
[7], 95 leaves. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Some leaves are dark from ink apparent on both sides of the leaf. Stains and wear. Tear on one leaf, dampstains to several leaves. Contemporary leather binding, with damages.
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Manuscripts - Eastern Countries and Sephardi
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, translation (tafsir) of the Book of Tehillim, to Judeo-persian. [Isfahan], 1816.
At the end of the Book of Tehillim is the scribe's colophon: "Azriel HaLevi - son of David HaLevi".
Approx. 77 leaves. Approx. 19 cm. Fair-poor condition, stains and wear. Damaged margins. All the leaves are detached. Without binding.
At the end of the Book of Tehillim is the scribe's colophon: "Azriel HaLevi - son of David HaLevi".
Approx. 77 leaves. Approx. 19 cm. Fair-poor condition, stains and wear. Damaged margins. All the leaves are detached. Without binding.
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Manuscripts - Eastern Countries and Sephardi
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Urim V'Tumim - Goralot. [The Near East - Iran, Iraq or their regions, c. 19th century].
Manuscript illustrated with colorful floral frames. At the top of the manuscript are charts with various questions regarding future events and further in the manuscript are charts set with letters for solutions. The charts are arranged in the order of the stones on the priest's breastplate.
Sefer HaGoralot which is attributed to the "seventy sages in the days of King Ptolemy", and "was used during the days of the Second Temple". The work was composed according to the 12 stones on the breastplate, and was intended for foreseeing the future according to the goral. It was first printed in Dyhernfurth in 1728, and later reprinted several more times.
The manuscript is lacking the beginning and begins in the middle of the introduction. The introduction is different from the printed version.
[41] leaves. 16 cm. Condition varies among the leaves, most in good condition, several leaves are in fair condition. Stains and wear. The first two leaves have tears affecting the text. Restoration with paper pasting to first leaf. Contemporary worn cardboard binding.
Manuscript illustrated with colorful floral frames. At the top of the manuscript are charts with various questions regarding future events and further in the manuscript are charts set with letters for solutions. The charts are arranged in the order of the stones on the priest's breastplate.
Sefer HaGoralot which is attributed to the "seventy sages in the days of King Ptolemy", and "was used during the days of the Second Temple". The work was composed according to the 12 stones on the breastplate, and was intended for foreseeing the future according to the goral. It was first printed in Dyhernfurth in 1728, and later reprinted several more times.
The manuscript is lacking the beginning and begins in the middle of the introduction. The introduction is different from the printed version.
[41] leaves. 16 cm. Condition varies among the leaves, most in good condition, several leaves are in fair condition. Stains and wear. The first two leaves have tears affecting the text. Restoration with paper pasting to first leaf. Contemporary worn cardboard binding.
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Manuscripts - Eastern Countries and Sephardi
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $300
Unsold
Collection of handwritten leaves, sermons for Shabbat throughout the year, and a eulogy commemorating the 10th anniversary of the death of writer's father. [c. 20th century].
· Leaf in ancient handwriting, yichudim and kabbalistic commentaries of the Kriyat Shema [c. 18th/19th century]. At the bottom of the leaf is an ownership inscription in a different writing "This is my siddur, I…Shem Tov son of Sa'adon".
12 leaves, size and condition vary.
· Leaf in ancient handwriting, yichudim and kabbalistic commentaries of the Kriyat Shema [c. 18th/19th century]. At the bottom of the leaf is an ownership inscription in a different writing "This is my siddur, I…Shem Tov son of Sa'adon".
12 leaves, size and condition vary.
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Manuscripts - Eastern Countries and Sephardi
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