Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Leaf Handwritten by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi - From His Book Chemdat Yamim - Bound with Facsimile Edition of the Full Manuscript

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Leaf handwritten by R. Shalom Shabazi, out of his composition Chemdat Yamim. [Yemen, 1653].
Bound inside a facsimile edition of the full manuscript of the composition. Jerusalem, 2007.
R. Shalom Shabazi (the Rashash; 1619-1695), a foremost Yemenite poet and leading Torah scholar who wrote Midrash Chemdat Yamim on the Torah among other compositions. The Midrash is a commentary comprising homiletics, philosophy and kabbalistic thoughts, compiled from various sources (including selections from sources unknown in our times).
[2] leaves, [1] manuscript leaf, [264] facsimile leaves. 18.5 cm. Facsimile in good condition. Original manuscript leaf in good-fair condition. Stains. Worming, repaired with paper. Margins folded. Elegant leather binding. Slipcased.
Copy no. 10/73.
Yemenite Jewry – Letters and Manuscripts
Yemenite Jewry – Letters and Manuscripts