Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Manuscript – Midrash Chemdat Yamim by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi – Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim – Yemen, 1791

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Manuscript, Midrash Chemdat Yamim on the Torah by R. Shalom Shabazi, on Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim. [Yemen, 1791].
Yemenite script. Additions by the author (titled: "Tosefer Te'amim") appear alongside the main text (in smaller script).
Scribe's colophon on final leaf, dating the completion of the copying to 1791. The scribe is R. Shalom ben Yichye (using his pen name, Baruch Aboab). Presumably, he wrote this manuscript in one of the villages of South Yemen.
[232] leaves. Lacking several leaves in middle. 22.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Wear. Worming. Tears, including open tears, affecting text on some leaves. Several detached leaves. Inscriptions. Damaged, old binding.


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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Documents
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Documents