Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,000
Unsold
Torah scroll, Sephardic scribal script, placed in a Tunisian-style wooden case wrapped in drapery. [Israel, ca. 1960s].
Ink on processed parchment. The scroll is placed in a 13-sided wooden case draped in fabric – crimson velvet, machine-embroidered with silver threads. Dedicatory plaques, shaped like the Tablets of the Law, are attached to case; the inscriptions read: "In memory of R. Faraji Alush, his son… and his wife", "Donated by Kadara and Zahiya…". The drapery is embroidered with the Tablets of the Law, verses, Stars of David surrounded by flowers, lamps and dedications mentioning members of the Alush family.
R. Faraji Alush (1854-1921), Rabbi of Gabès (Tunisia), was a revered Tunisian Torah scholar. Author of Responsa Ohev Mishpat.
Height of parchment: approx. 50 cm. Light-colored parchment. Good condition.
Height of case: 74 cm. Diameter: approx. 34.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Breaks. Loss to one side of the crown.
Drapery: 57X113 cm. Good condition. Unraveling fabric and stitches and torn loops.
Ink on processed parchment. The scroll is placed in a 13-sided wooden case draped in fabric – crimson velvet, machine-embroidered with silver threads. Dedicatory plaques, shaped like the Tablets of the Law, are attached to case; the inscriptions read: "In memory of R. Faraji Alush, his son… and his wife", "Donated by Kadara and Zahiya…". The drapery is embroidered with the Tablets of the Law, verses, Stars of David surrounded by flowers, lamps and dedications mentioning members of the Alush family.
R. Faraji Alush (1854-1921), Rabbi of Gabès (Tunisia), was a revered Tunisian Torah scholar. Author of Responsa Ohev Mishpat.
Height of parchment: approx. 50 cm. Light-colored parchment. Good condition.
Height of case: 74 cm. Diameter: approx. 34.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Breaks. Loss to one side of the crown.
Drapery: 57X113 cm. Good condition. Unraveling fabric and stitches and torn loops.
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Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Shnoder Books
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Torah scroll. [Morocco, 19th century].
Ink on Gevil (soft texture, brown-hue), Sephardic scribal script. 48 lines per column. With the original wooden rollers (atzei chaim), carved with a geometric pattern and decorated in green and red. Silver rings, also decorated with geometric patterns, are attached to the top of the rollers. An inscription (in ink) on bottom of one roller reads: "This is the scroll of R. Yitzchak Gabai".
Height of membranes: approx. 53 cm. Maximum height including rollers: approx. 96 cm. Fair condition. Dark stains. Tears to membrane. Tears affecting text in several places. Late corrections to text. Two membranes were replaced at a later time (20th century?).
Enclosed: a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls, regarding the place and date of writing.
Ink on Gevil (soft texture, brown-hue), Sephardic scribal script. 48 lines per column. With the original wooden rollers (atzei chaim), carved with a geometric pattern and decorated in green and red. Silver rings, also decorated with geometric patterns, are attached to the top of the rollers. An inscription (in ink) on bottom of one roller reads: "This is the scroll of R. Yitzchak Gabai".
Height of membranes: approx. 53 cm. Maximum height including rollers: approx. 96 cm. Fair condition. Dark stains. Tears to membrane. Tears affecting text in several places. Late corrections to text. Two membranes were replaced at a later time (20th century?).
Enclosed: a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls, regarding the place and date of writing.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Shnoder Books
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Parchment Esther scroll. [Western Germany, ca. first half of 19th century].
Neat European-Sephardic Stam script (Vellish). 19 lines per column.
Parchment height: approx. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (including dark stains), creases and wear. Marginal tears. Ink fading and repairs in several places.
Neat European-Sephardic Stam script (Vellish). 19 lines per column.
Parchment height: approx. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (including dark stains), creases and wear. Marginal tears. Ink fading and repairs in several places.
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Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Shnoder Books
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Esther scroll on bone handle. [Germany or Holland, 18th century].
Ink; parchment; engraved and carved bone; silk and synthetic fabric.
Sephardic Stam script. 22-26 lines per column.
The Megillah is partially backed with contemporary checkered silk; the first membrane and part of the second are backed with new fabric, with a ribbon closure.
Wound on a fine engraved and carved bone handle.
The scroll is placed in a velvet-lined, wooden case covered in leather-like paper; ca. early 20th century.
Parchment height: 23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Ink fading in some letters. Late repairs with parchment additions. Height of bone handle: approx. 37 cm. Good condition. Crack to handle. Stains. Part of fabric backing missing, tears in a few places, slightly worn.
Ink; parchment; engraved and carved bone; silk and synthetic fabric.
Sephardic Stam script. 22-26 lines per column.
The Megillah is partially backed with contemporary checkered silk; the first membrane and part of the second are backed with new fabric, with a ribbon closure.
Wound on a fine engraved and carved bone handle.
The scroll is placed in a velvet-lined, wooden case covered in leather-like paper; ca. early 20th century.
Parchment height: 23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Ink fading in some letters. Late repairs with parchment additions. Height of bone handle: approx. 37 cm. Good condition. Crack to handle. Stains. Part of fabric backing missing, tears in a few places, slightly worn.
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Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Shnoder Books
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
Illustrated Esther scroll; reproduction of a scroll with elaborately-illustrated engraved borders, presumably printed in Amsterdam in the 18th century. [Place of printing not indicated, 20th century].
Ink on parchment; printed illustrations; watercolor.
Scroll with printed illustrations, hand-colored, after a scroll with engraved illustrations printed in Amsterdam in the early 18th century. This style of illustrated scrolls was very popular in European communities, and they were printed in many variations.
The Megillah blessings are surrounded by nine narrative scenes from the Book of Esther. The text columns are separated by wreathed ornamented pillars and putti in a neo-classical style. A series of four elaborate landscapes are presented in cartouches above the text columns, and detailed narrative scenes of the Purim story unfold along the lower border; including a scene depicting Haman shooting an arrow at the zodiac – representing the lots he cast to determine which month should be selected for the destruction of the Jewish people. As is prevalent in these scrolls, the names of the ten sons of Haman are accompanied by a corresponding illustration.
Height: 19.5 cm. Good condition. Printing defects.
For a similar scroll see: The Stieglitz Collection – Masterpieces of Jewish Art, by Chaya Benjamin. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987.
Ink on parchment; printed illustrations; watercolor.
Scroll with printed illustrations, hand-colored, after a scroll with engraved illustrations printed in Amsterdam in the early 18th century. This style of illustrated scrolls was very popular in European communities, and they were printed in many variations.
The Megillah blessings are surrounded by nine narrative scenes from the Book of Esther. The text columns are separated by wreathed ornamented pillars and putti in a neo-classical style. A series of four elaborate landscapes are presented in cartouches above the text columns, and detailed narrative scenes of the Purim story unfold along the lower border; including a scene depicting Haman shooting an arrow at the zodiac – representing the lots he cast to determine which month should be selected for the destruction of the Jewish people. As is prevalent in these scrolls, the names of the ten sons of Haman are accompanied by a corresponding illustration.
Height: 19.5 cm. Good condition. Printing defects.
For a similar scroll see: The Stieglitz Collection – Masterpieces of Jewish Art, by Chaya Benjamin. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Shnoder Books
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
The Book of Yonah – illustrated and decorated manuscript, "written by Mary Simon – Jerusalem". Jerusalem [20th century].
Fine manuscript. Calligraphic script on light-bluish paper. Initial words written and decorated in red ink, with gilt letters.
Color illustrations of the fish (portrayed as a mythological creature with wings and horns) on pages 4-5, depicted while swallowing and regurgitating Yonah.
The title "Yonah" is lettered on the front cover within a decorative frame.
[1], 10 pages. 35 cm. Good condition. Stains. Leaves detached. Card cover.
Fine manuscript. Calligraphic script on light-bluish paper. Initial words written and decorated in red ink, with gilt letters.
Color illustrations of the fish (portrayed as a mythological creature with wings and horns) on pages 4-5, depicted while swallowing and regurgitating Yonah.
The title "Yonah" is lettered on the front cover within a decorative frame.
[1], 10 pages. 35 cm. Good condition. Stains. Leaves detached. Card cover.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Shnoder Books
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Shnoder Book – record book for synagogue pledges. [Italy, ca. 19th century].
Italian square script. Thick, high-quality paper, with hundreds of holes on each leaf (most leaves contain some 744 holes), for marking the pledges made by the community members on Shabbat and festivals, when writing is prohibited.
A different name was presumably written at the top of each leaf, yet the leaves were trimmed, and only one leaf (p. 21a) features (most of) a name: "R. Yisrael [?] Chaim Formiggini".
Names of synagogue honors are handwritten at the beginning of each line (each leaf contains different honors, presumably according to the habits of the specific community member).
Inscriptions in Italian on the final page (with some Hebrew) – accounts for "Isaaco Modena" and "Samuel Formiggini".
[81] leaves. 34.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and repairs. Old binding, with new spine and endpapers.
Italian square script. Thick, high-quality paper, with hundreds of holes on each leaf (most leaves contain some 744 holes), for marking the pledges made by the community members on Shabbat and festivals, when writing is prohibited.
A different name was presumably written at the top of each leaf, yet the leaves were trimmed, and only one leaf (p. 21a) features (most of) a name: "R. Yisrael [?] Chaim Formiggini".
Names of synagogue honors are handwritten at the beginning of each line (each leaf contains different honors, presumably according to the habits of the specific community member).
Inscriptions in Italian on the final page (with some Hebrew) – accounts for "Isaaco Modena" and "Samuel Formiggini".
[81] leaves. 34.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and repairs. Old binding, with new spine and endpapers.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Shnoder Books
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
Shnoder Book – record book for synagogue pledges. [Oldenzaal, Holland, ca. first half of 20th century].
The record book contains printed tables with numbers (sums of money). A half circle was cut out under each number, so that the gabbai could mark which sum was pledged on Shabbat or festivals, without transgressing the prohibition of writing. The various leaves record pledges made to the synagogue as well as to the community's charity societies. The names of the community members are handwritten in Latin characters (the names in this ledger correspond with families known to have been members of the small Jewish community in Oldenzaal, thus the ledger is presumed to have belonged to the Oldenzaal synagogue).
10 printed leaves, with a blank leaf between every two printed leaves. 33.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to one leaf. Original binding, rubbed, with new spine and endpapers.
The record book contains printed tables with numbers (sums of money). A half circle was cut out under each number, so that the gabbai could mark which sum was pledged on Shabbat or festivals, without transgressing the prohibition of writing. The various leaves record pledges made to the synagogue as well as to the community's charity societies. The names of the community members are handwritten in Latin characters (the names in this ledger correspond with families known to have been members of the small Jewish community in Oldenzaal, thus the ledger is presumed to have belonged to the Oldenzaal synagogue).
10 printed leaves, with a blank leaf between every two printed leaves. 33.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to one leaf. Original binding, rubbed, with new spine and endpapers.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Shnoder Books
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $400
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Sheet music which served the renowned cantor Yossele Rosenblatt, with his handwritten inscriptions and signatures.
• Sheet music for the song "Ad Hena Azaranu Rachameycha" (from the "Nishmat Kol Chai" prayer). Two pages, handwritten in pencil. The song title on the first page handwritten by Rosenblatt, with his signature (in English). The music notes may have also been handwritten by Rosenblatt.
• Two leaves of sheet music for "VeAf Hu Haya Mitkaven" (part of the Yom Kippur prayers) for two different voices (Bass and Melody), with a transliteration of the Hebrew text into Latin characters. Titles handwritten and signed by Rosenblatt at the top of each leaf.
The renowned cantor Yossele Rosenblatt (1882-1933) was one of the greatest cantors of all time, contributing greatly to shaping the world of Jewish Chazanut. In 1906, he began serving as chief cantor (Oberkantor) in Hamburg, at which point his fame began to spread. He held this position until his immigration to the United States in 1912.
[3] leaves of sheet music. 23-30 cm. Good condition. Some creasing.
• Sheet music for the song "Ad Hena Azaranu Rachameycha" (from the "Nishmat Kol Chai" prayer). Two pages, handwritten in pencil. The song title on the first page handwritten by Rosenblatt, with his signature (in English). The music notes may have also been handwritten by Rosenblatt.
• Two leaves of sheet music for "VeAf Hu Haya Mitkaven" (part of the Yom Kippur prayers) for two different voices (Bass and Melody), with a transliteration of the Hebrew text into Latin characters. Titles handwritten and signed by Rosenblatt at the top of each leaf.
The renowned cantor Yossele Rosenblatt (1882-1933) was one of the greatest cantors of all time, contributing greatly to shaping the world of Jewish Chazanut. In 1906, he began serving as chief cantor (Oberkantor) in Hamburg, at which point his fame began to spread. He held this position until his immigration to the United States in 1912.
[3] leaves of sheet music. 23-30 cm. Good condition. Some creasing.
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Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Shnoder Books
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