Manuscript, Midrash Chemdat Yamim on the Torah by R. Shalom Shabazi, on Bereshit and Shemot. Dar (Yemen), [1695].
This manuscript was written in the lifetime of the author, R. Shalom Shabazi, or not long after his passing (the year of his passing is unknown).
Decorated title page. The manuscript was written by two scribes. The first scribe wrote up to leaf [90] (in neat script), the second scribe continued until leaf [257] (in unskilled script). The last part (from leaf [258], until the end of Shemot) was written by the first scribe, who signed at the end: "Shlomo son of Saadya son of R. Maimon… known as al-Harazi… written in al-Dar… completed on Thursday, 5th Sivan 1695".
The colophon of the second scribe appears at the end of the book of Bereshit, dated Thursday, 19th Tevet 1695.
R. Shlomo son of Saadya son of R. Maimon Harazi was a leading 17th century Yemenite Torah scholar, a poet and scribe; author of Beit Tefillah on the Amidah prayer. He lived in South Yemen and in the village Dar in Central Yemen.
Additions by the author (titled: "Tosefet Te'amim") appear alongside the main text (in smaller script), on some pages ending with text arranged in lattice patterns.
[309] leaves (leaves[202]-[210] are bound out of sequence). 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dark dampstains. Tears, including open tears, and extensive wear, primarily to margins. Some detached leaves. Damaged, old binding.

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