Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Esther scroll. [Poland, 19th century].
Ink on parchment. Script typical of Western Poland in the first half of the 19th century (Beit Yosef script), exceptionally neat, with decorations at the top of each column and to all lines in the column of Haman's ten sons. In one place, enlarged letters spell out the four-lettered Name of G-d. 28 lines per column.
Height of parchment: approx. 41 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Ink faded in many places.
Expert report enclosed.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
Esther scroll. [Poland, 19th century].
Ink on parchment. Script typical of Poland in the first half of the 19th century (Beit Yosef script); the column of Haman's ten sons in Vellish script. Opening word in large script and decorated. In four places, enlarged letters spell out the four-lettered Name of G-d. Unusually wide columns, 43 lines per column – only seven columns in the entire scroll (including one column for Haman's ten sons).
Height of parchment: approx. 31.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and creases. Some marginal tears.
Expert report enclosed.
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Esther scroll with many unusual letters. [Poland, 17th century].
Ink on parchment. Script typical of 17th century Poland, with blobs atop the crownlet decorations (possibly added later). 30 lines per column.
Many unusual letters, such as: winding Pe with additional decorations below, Lamed with a fork-like extension, various letters with an additional rounded serif, and more. The custom of writing unusual letters is usually found in old Torah scrolls. Esther scrolls with such letters are very rare. Furthermore, Esther scrolls from Poland in this period are rare.
Height of parchment: approx. 33 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, some dark. Wear and creases. Ink faded in several places.
Expert report enclosed.
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Esther scroll on wooden roller. [Balkans, second half of the 18th century].
Ink on parchment. Sephardic script, typical of the Balkans. Approximately 18 lines per column. Carved wooden roller.
Height of parchment: approx. 12 cm. Height of roller: 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears to first membrane. Ink faded in several places. Damage to wooden roller.
Expert report enclosed.
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Miniature Esther scroll on wooden roller, with leaf of the megillah blessings. [Italy, first half of the 19th century].
Ink on parchment. Italian script. 11 lines per column. First membrane with decorative right edge and a thread for tying. Carved wooden roller.
Enclosed: a parchment leaf written by the same hand, with the blessings and other texts recited with the megillah reading.
Height of parchment: 5.5 cm. Height of roller: 19 cm. Leaf of blessings: 5.5X9.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
Expert report enclosed.
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Miniature Esther scroll housed in an olive-wood case. [Jerusalem, ca. mid-20th century].
Ink on parchment; carved olive-wood, printed.
HaMelech scroll – most columns begin with the word HaMelech. Sephardic script (unskilled). 14 lines per column.
Case carved with images of the Western Wall and Rachel's Tomb, with printed captions: "Jerusalem", "Western Wall", "Rachel's Tomb".
Height of parchment: 5 cm. Height of case: 19.5 cm. Good condition. Minor damage. A few stains and tears to parchment. Without wooden closure.
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Esther scroll, printed on paper. Basel: Wilhelm Haas, 1806. With printed borders.
Opens with blessings for the Megillah reading and two illustrations. In the final column: Harav Et Rivenu blessing, the piyyut Shoshanat Yaakov and the printer's details.
23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears. Some large tears, repaired with tape.
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Manuscript on paper, Megillat Esther, with Targum Sheni in Italian. [Italy, ca. 18th century]. Hebrew and Italian.
Complete manuscript. Neat Italian script. An Italian translation of the Targum Sheni (a targum with midrashic elaborations) follows each Hebrew verse. Hebrew words are incorporated into the Italian translation.
[87] written leaves (many more blank leaves at the beginning and end of the volume). 25.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor wear and creases. Tears to several leaves. Original parchment binding, damaged.
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Manuscript, Coplas de Purim – a long song for Purim, in Ladino. [Ca. 19th century].
Square Oriental script, mostly vocalized.
The coplas (or complas) are lengthy folk-songs in Ladino, sung in Sephardic communities on holidays and primarily on Purim. There are many coplas for Purim (by different authors), telling the story of the Megillah, describing the Purim meal, mocking Haman and his family, etc. They were sung from printed booklets or from memory.
This manuscript features a copla describing Haman's downfall (La caída de Hamán) – some 60 rhyming stanzas. This is followed by a "hashkava" (memorial prayer) for Haman and Zeresh (in Ladino).
[23] leaves (some written on one side only). 15 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and wear. Detached leaves. New binding.
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Haggadah LeLeil Shikorim, "to magnify and strengthen the joy of Purim" – parody based on the Passover Haggadah, by Tzvi Hirsh Sommerhausen. Brussels, [1842].
This is the first edition of the work, which was later reprinted in many editions. Lithographed manuscript, with printed wrappers.
15 pages. 22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Stamp. Postage stamp. Blue paper wrappers, with tears.
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Two leaves from Sefer Abudarham, Constantinople 1513 edition (printed by Astruc de Toulon of Provence).
The leaves, which bear the headings "Seder HaHaggadah" and "Seder HaHaggadah UPerushah", comprise most of the text of the Haggadah, with commentaries and laws by the Spanish Rishon R. David son of Yosef Abudarham.
Leaves 60-61. Approx. 28 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear and worming, with minor damage to text. Marginal open tears.
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* See also last item (no. 358) - exceptionally large collection of Haggadot
Map of Eretz Israel, engraving by Abraham bar Jacob (signed in the plate on bottom). [Amsterdam, 1712 or 1781].
The map depicts Eretz Israel, the Sinai Desert and the territories of the Twelve Tribes. The Mediterranean Sea at bottom and the Nile Delta to the right. The shoreline runs from Sidon to Alexandria. The map shows the route of the Israelites in the Sinai Desert; an ornate cartouche at lower right corner lists the 41 stations of the Israelites in the desert. Ships hauling the Lebanon cedars sent by Hiram King of Tyre to King Solomon for the building of the Temple and the story of Jonah depicted along the shoreline. A barn and grazing farm animals, depicted at lower left corner, symbolize the fertility of Eretz Israel.
The map, by the Dutch proselyte Abraham bar Jacob (after Christian van Adrichem), was first printed in the 1695 Amsterdam Passover Haggadah. The date of its printing was encoded in the title by marking some of the letters in the Hebrew word "Techezena". In later editions, the year of printing was adjusted by marking additional letters. This map was taken from either the 1712 edition or the 1781 edition (both were issued with the same map, on which the marked letters indicate the year 1712).
52X32 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding lines. Tears to margins and folding lines. Paper repairs on verso.
See Laor 876.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
* See also last item (no. 358) - exceptionally large collection of Haggadot