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

Manuscript, Seder Mishmeret HaChodesh – Tikkun Chatzot and Tikkun Shovavim by the Remez – Casale (Italy), 1717

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Manuscript, Seder Mishmeret HaChodesh – Tikkun Chatzot and Tikkun Shovavim, by R. Moshe Zacuto (the Remez), written by the scribe R. Yitzchak son of R. Meir Bachi. Casale (Italy), 1717.
Cursive Italian script, partially vocalized. Decorated title page, giving the name of the scribe and the place and year of writing (a similar manuscript written by the same scribe in 1717 – Tikkun Chatzot only – is kept in the library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, MS Kaufmann A415).
This manuscript comprises Tikkun Chatzot and Tikkun Shovavim, as arranged by Kabbalist R. Moshe Zacuto, the Remez, based on teachings he heard from Kabbalist R. Binyamin HaLevi (disciple of R. Chaim Vital). Both tikkunim include many piyyutim by the Remez. Kabbalistic kavanot and kabbalistic explanations appear alongside some of the piyyutim. This manuscript was written some 20 years after the death of the Remez, although these tikkunim were already printed in his lifetime.
[58] leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text on some leaves. Original card binding, worn and damaged.


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Italian Jewry – Manuscripts, Books and Documents
Italian Jewry – Manuscripts, Books and Documents