Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Unsold
Collection of ancient shtarot and letters removed from a "bindings' geniza", most of them in Ladino:
* Shtar of debt by "The wealthy R. Ya'akov di Leon" from 1574. Signed by "Chanina Ibn Chananya" and "Yitzchak - o".
* Letter by R. "Shlomo Ibn Mayor" [Head of the yeshiva of the Ba'alei Teshuvot community, signed with the Maharchash], sent to "R. Ya'akov Albachari in Constantinople" [mentioned in the Maharshadam (R. Shmuel di Medina) responsa]. Salonika, 1610?.
* Letter by the wealthy Chaim Karov to Don Shlomo Abarbanel. Larisa (Greece), 1711.
* Letter by the sage R. Shlomo Motel, to the wealthy Moshe Abarbanel of Salonika. [Izmir?, 17th century]
* Letter by R. Yehoshua Tzintzin to the wealthy Avraham Ashi'o and to Shlomo Abarbanel. (Constantinople or Salonika?], 1720.
* Letter from the community of "Amasya" (Turkey), 1717. Unidentified signatories.
Six letters. Varying size and damages due to the binding process. Most of the letters are complete. Dark stains, wear and tears affecting text.
* Shtar of debt by "The wealthy R. Ya'akov di Leon" from 1574. Signed by "Chanina Ibn Chananya" and "Yitzchak - o".
* Letter by R. "Shlomo Ibn Mayor" [Head of the yeshiva of the Ba'alei Teshuvot community, signed with the Maharchash], sent to "R. Ya'akov Albachari in Constantinople" [mentioned in the Maharshadam (R. Shmuel di Medina) responsa]. Salonika, 1610?.
* Letter by the wealthy Chaim Karov to Don Shlomo Abarbanel. Larisa (Greece), 1711.
* Letter by the sage R. Shlomo Motel, to the wealthy Moshe Abarbanel of Salonika. [Izmir?, 17th century]
* Letter by R. Yehoshua Tzintzin to the wealthy Avraham Ashi'o and to Shlomo Abarbanel. (Constantinople or Salonika?], 1720.
* Letter from the community of "Amasya" (Turkey), 1717. Unidentified signatories.
Six letters. Varying size and damages due to the binding process. Most of the letters are complete. Dark stains, wear and tears affecting text.
Category
Manuscripts and Letters - Eastern Jewry
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Collection of manuscript fragments removed from a "bindings' geniza". [Aleppo, Mosul and Baghdad, late 18th - early 19th centuries].
Includes four letters and a segment from an additional letter sent to "Yitzchak Daniel Jana [?]" of Baghdad. All the letters are written in Judeo-Arabic, with Hebrew introductions. One of the letters contains the name of the addressee with the inscription: "from Aleppo… to the great city of Bavel…"; this letter contains a fragmented signature "the young Ch—Atia—Se"t (Sephardi tahor)". It is possible that the author was R. Chaim Attia, one of Aleppo's great Torah scholars in the 18th century (passed away 1795). He corresponded with Maharam Galante and the Chida, who referred to him as "the lion of Torah scholarship", and wrote to him, "My entire body is trembling with the force of your Torah thoughts". The back of one letter states that it was sent from Al-Mosul (Mosul, Iraq) to Baghdad. Another letter is signed by "Ezra David [?] Binyamin". Two letters contain the date: 1808 and 1809. Two further documents are written in Arabic, and several fragments contain financial accounts.
Over 20 leaves and leaf fragments. Size and condition vary. Various defects due to the binding process.
Includes four letters and a segment from an additional letter sent to "Yitzchak Daniel Jana [?]" of Baghdad. All the letters are written in Judeo-Arabic, with Hebrew introductions. One of the letters contains the name of the addressee with the inscription: "from Aleppo… to the great city of Bavel…"; this letter contains a fragmented signature "the young Ch—Atia—Se"t (Sephardi tahor)". It is possible that the author was R. Chaim Attia, one of Aleppo's great Torah scholars in the 18th century (passed away 1795). He corresponded with Maharam Galante and the Chida, who referred to him as "the lion of Torah scholarship", and wrote to him, "My entire body is trembling with the force of your Torah thoughts". The back of one letter states that it was sent from Al-Mosul (Mosul, Iraq) to Baghdad. Another letter is signed by "Ezra David [?] Binyamin". Two letters contain the date: 1808 and 1809. Two further documents are written in Arabic, and several fragments contain financial accounts.
Over 20 leaves and leaf fragments. Size and condition vary. Various defects due to the binding process.
Category
Manuscripts and Letters - Eastern Jewry
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Chut HaMeshulash, novellae and homilies on the Torah, by R. Yehuda Diwan. [18th century].
Oriental script, several handwritings, with a few corrections and erasures. This composition is from Parshat Behar-BeChukotai until the end of Devarim.
Page [6a] bears an ownership inscription, written between the lines: "This book belongs to the sage R. Ya'akov, descendant of R. Avraham Pinto". On page [22a] is a signature: "Avraham Pinto".
R. Yehuda Diwan (died 1752), was a Safed and Jerusalem sage, a member of the Beit Din of the Admat Kodesh. He was an emissary on behalf of the Hebron community (at the beginning of Parshat Shelach he writes: "I have delivered this sermon in the city of Hamden as an emissary of Hebron in 1713"). His book Chut HaMeshulash was printed in Constantinople in 1739.
[26] leaves. Approximately 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and worming to several leaves. New binding.
Oriental script, several handwritings, with a few corrections and erasures. This composition is from Parshat Behar-BeChukotai until the end of Devarim.
Page [6a] bears an ownership inscription, written between the lines: "This book belongs to the sage R. Ya'akov, descendant of R. Avraham Pinto". On page [22a] is a signature: "Avraham Pinto".
R. Yehuda Diwan (died 1752), was a Safed and Jerusalem sage, a member of the Beit Din of the Admat Kodesh. He was an emissary on behalf of the Hebron community (at the beginning of Parshat Shelach he writes: "I have delivered this sermon in the city of Hamden as an emissary of Hebron in 1713"). His book Chut HaMeshulash was printed in Constantinople in 1739.
[26] leaves. Approximately 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and worming to several leaves. New binding.
Category
Manuscripts and Letters - Eastern Jewry
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $3,000
Unsold
Manuscript, machzor for Pesach according to the minhag of Corfu. [Corfu, 18th century?].
Complete manuscript on thick high quality paper. Square vowelized script. Instructions in semi-cursive Sephardic-Italian script. Decorations in several places; crowns on several letters.
The Corfu machzor preserves an ancient and unique rite that was never printed and exists only in manuscript form. This rite includes the ancient Romaniote, Greek and Byzantine rites, together with the rite of Spanish refugees who were absorbed into those communities.
The machzor begins with the prayer services for Shabbat Hagadol - the Shabbat preceding Passover, including piyyutim and an introduction to the services. This is followed by the traditional prayers for the first and second days of Passover, for Chol Hamo'ed and for the final two days of Passover, including piyyutim unique to this machzor. Some of the piyyutim include the names of the authors ("by R. Gavriel", "by R. Moshe ben Shabbtai Yichye, may his light shine", "by R. Binyamin ben R. Shmuel Chazak" and others). The machzor includes a long and ancient version of "Baruch She'amar".
108 leaves (additional 6 blank leaves at the end). 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming with slight damage to text. Two detached leaves. Original binding, damaged.
Complete manuscript on thick high quality paper. Square vowelized script. Instructions in semi-cursive Sephardic-Italian script. Decorations in several places; crowns on several letters.
The Corfu machzor preserves an ancient and unique rite that was never printed and exists only in manuscript form. This rite includes the ancient Romaniote, Greek and Byzantine rites, together with the rite of Spanish refugees who were absorbed into those communities.
The machzor begins with the prayer services for Shabbat Hagadol - the Shabbat preceding Passover, including piyyutim and an introduction to the services. This is followed by the traditional prayers for the first and second days of Passover, for Chol Hamo'ed and for the final two days of Passover, including piyyutim unique to this machzor. Some of the piyyutim include the names of the authors ("by R. Gavriel", "by R. Moshe ben Shabbtai Yichye, may his light shine", "by R. Binyamin ben R. Shmuel Chazak" and others). The machzor includes a long and ancient version of "Baruch She'amar".
108 leaves (additional 6 blank leaves at the end). 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming with slight damage to text. Two detached leaves. Original binding, damaged.
Category
Manuscripts and Letters - Eastern Jewry
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Unsold
Fragments of manuscript leaves, removed from a "bindings' geniza". Unidentified composition [apparently a type of glossary], in Judeo-Arabic. [Oriental script, 16th/17th century?].
5 fragments. Size and damages vary.
5 fragments. Size and damages vary.
Category
Manuscripts and Letters - Eastern Jewry
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $500
Unsold
Manuscript of novellae on various Torah portions - Haftarot, Pirkei Avot, Tehillim, stories, Kabbalah and other Torah compilations. [Persia, 19th century].
Eastern Persian style handwriting. Autographic handwriting of the author, who signs in several places, "The young Yeshua who waits for the redemption, son of my father Yosef, may G-d protect him". The date 1878 appears twice; elsewhere the following appears: "I wrote this on the 24th of Tevet 1880, when my master R. Yechezkel read from the Torah in memory of Esther, the daughter of R. Binyamin, may she rest in Paradise".
On page [48a] the author quotes from the Koran (Arabic transliterated in Hebrew letters): "This story, which may also be told in public, is from the Koran of Mohammed, which states: O son of man…" (In reality, this is a quote from the Shiite Hadith and not from the Koran). On page [160a] is the text of a ketubah (marriage contract) from Kashan, 1880, and on the last page is the text of a get (divorce contract) from Isfahan, 1862.
[176] leaves (over 250 written pages). Approx. 18 cm. Condition of the pages varies; overall fair-good condition. Stains, tears and wear. Several detached leaves. Old binding, damaged.
Eastern Persian style handwriting. Autographic handwriting of the author, who signs in several places, "The young Yeshua who waits for the redemption, son of my father Yosef, may G-d protect him". The date 1878 appears twice; elsewhere the following appears: "I wrote this on the 24th of Tevet 1880, when my master R. Yechezkel read from the Torah in memory of Esther, the daughter of R. Binyamin, may she rest in Paradise".
On page [48a] the author quotes from the Koran (Arabic transliterated in Hebrew letters): "This story, which may also be told in public, is from the Koran of Mohammed, which states: O son of man…" (In reality, this is a quote from the Shiite Hadith and not from the Koran). On page [160a] is the text of a ketubah (marriage contract) from Kashan, 1880, and on the last page is the text of a get (divorce contract) from Isfahan, 1862.
[176] leaves (over 250 written pages). Approx. 18 cm. Condition of the pages varies; overall fair-good condition. Stains, tears and wear. Several detached leaves. Old binding, damaged.
Category
Manuscripts and Letters - Eastern Jewry
Catalogue