Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

A Large Handwritten Wall Calendar – Cochin, 1880

Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
Handwritten leaf – calendar for 1881. Cochin (India), [1880].
Wall calendar. Partially missing. At the top of the leaf is a list of dates including dates distinctive for Indian Jews: "373 to Portugal coming to Cochin", "366 to the Shingili expulsion", "to the coming of Olandia to Cochin", "to the coming of the English to Cochin" "to the building of the synagogue", etc.
60 cm. Fair-poor condition. Tears with lack and damage to text [restored with paper]. Stains, moisture marks and wear.
Persian and Asian Jewry – Documents and Manuscripts
Persian and Asian Jewry – Documents and Manuscripts