Auction 101 Part 2 Chassidut and Kabbalah | Jerusalem Printings | Letters and Manuscripts | Objects
Large Collection of Remains of Manuscript Leaves, Extracted from a Genizah – Various Works, 14th-17th Centuries
Opening: $800
Sold for: $3,500
Including buyer's premium
Large collection with remains of manuscript leaves, extracted from a "bindings genizah". [Ca. 14th-17th centuries].
Most of the fragments are in Sephardic script, and some in Oriental (Yemenite) script. One fragment is in Ashkenazic script. Most on paper, some on parchment.
Includes: Fragments of works on philosophy, medicine and grammar, Talmudic novellae, and more (some works are unidentified). Some of the works represented include the Sefer Mitzvot Gadol or Smag (group of leaves); commentary on Avot by R. Matityahu HaYitzhari, Yad Ramah on Sanhedrin, Avodat HaKodesh by the Rashba, the Narboni commentary on Moreh Nevuchim, Menorat HaMaor by R. Yitzchak Aboab, Nachalat Avot by R. Yitzchak Abarbanel, and more.
Approximately 100 fragments of leaves (most paper, some parchment). Size and condition Vary.