Lot 137
Illustrated Colorful Manuscript – Tractate Avot, with the Rambam's Commentary and Shemona Perakim – Sana'a, 1939
Manuscript, Tractate Avot with the Rambam's commentary and Shemona Perakim L'HaRambam. Judeo-Arabic. Sana'a, 1939. Colorfully illustrated title page. Handsome scribal writing. Titles, initials and other places adorned and decorated with colored ink. The commentary and the Shemona Perakim are written in Judeo-Arabic, the original language of the composition. Adorned colophon following Shemona Perakim and before Tractate Avot: "This mishne was written by the wish of our friend… Yichye ben Salim ben Yosef Badichi… the writer… Shalom ben Kavod ben Chaim Korach…". Another colophon at the end of Tractate Avot. Complete manuscript. [1], 80 leaves. 24 cm. Good condition. Few stains and minor worming marks. New binding.
