Manuscript, Shir HaMolad VehaIbur, with the commentary of the author R. Shalom Ibn Tzur. [Morocco, 18th/19th century].
Square and cursive Maghrebi script. Three hand illustrations for calculating tekufot.
R. Shalom Ibn Tzur's work is structured as a poem, with a detailed commentary by the author to each stanza. The work was printed as an addendum to the book Tziltzelei Shama, piyyutim by R. Moshe Ibn Tzur, Alexandria 1892. The present manuscript begins with the second stanza of the poem, and is lacking the concluding poem. Tables and illustrations for calculating tekufot at the end of the work.
[14] leaves. 15.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, slightly affecting text. Marginal tears, professionally restored with paper. New binding.
Exhibition:
• Andre Goldenberg, Art and Jews of Morocco, Paris, 2014, p. 166.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.046.
