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

Manuscript – Prayers and Various Texts – Tekufot Charts – Yemen, 1880-1881

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Sold for: $2,000
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Manuscript, prayers and various texts. [Yemen, ca. 1880-1881].
Thick volume, in Yemenite script (unskilled), partially vocalized. Contains: Commentary on Iyov (copying of the Metzudat Zion commentary); responsum by R. Yichye Tzalach, regarding Lahoh (printed in Peulat Tzaddik, Part II); glossary of Mishnaic words; laws of marriage; text on the Hebrew calendar, including Tekufot charts (from Tikkun Yissachar by R. Yissachar ibn Susan); texts pertaining to mourning; Hoshaanot; order for Simchat Torah; Passover Haggadah; Tractate Avot; Shabbat songs; order for Brit Milah (incomplete).
Several leaves from a different Yemenite manuscript, including the Passover Haggadah (incomplete) are bound at the beginning of the volume.
Inscriptions of the Awad family, 1885-1892.
[226] leaves. 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains and dampstains. Wear, tears and worming, affecting text on several leaves. Several detached leaves. Old, damaged binding.


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