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Lot 303

Two Yemenite Manuscripts - Book of Haftarot / Three Megillot

* Manuscript Book of Haftarot with translation. On last page is the scribe's colophon from the 3rd of Sivan 1900. With a calligraphic signature in Yemenite-Oriental handwriting, undeciphered.
Owners' signatures from various times.
89 leaves, 23.5 cm. Fair condition, stains, wear and moth holes. Original leather binding, made in Yemen.
*Manuscript, three Megillot, Shir HaShirim Ruth and Kohelet, with translation and commentaries. Yemen, [c. 19th century].
52 leaves, 22 cm. Light-colored high-quality paper, good-fair condition, stains and wear. Cutoff tears on margins of several leaves. Lacking first leaf of Shir HaShirim. New fabric binding.