Lot 354
Small Torah Scroll - Arizal Script - Eastern Europe, First Half of 19th Century
Small Torah scroll. [Eastern Europe, first half of 19th century].
Ink on parchment. 42 lines per column. Arizal script, without Vavei HaAmudim.
Column beginning with "Shemor Lecha" - following the Ashkenazi custom. The layout of the text was designed by the scribe and does not follow a Tikkun Sofrim. Membranes sewn in the manner common in Europe until the second half of the 19th century.
Ashkenazic Arizal script was used by Chassidic leaders. There was no set custom for the height of the membranes, but in the 19th century small Torah scrolls became widespread.
Height of parchment: 26 cm. Height of rollers: 55 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Some wear. Rollers in good condition. Early red velvet mantle; "כ"ת" embroidered in a Star of David.
Expert report enclosed.
