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Lot 163

Collection of Fragments of Handwritten Leaves Removed from the "Binding Geniza" - Unidentified Compositions - 14th-17th Centuries

Collection of fragments of handwritten leaves removed from the "Binding Geniza" - unidentified compositions. [14th-17th centuries]. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.
Among the items: · Piyyutim and a section of an unidentified composition, discussing the importance of lending money to a poor person [in two Sephardic handwritings]. · Parchment leaf, fragment of a composition [homilies?]. [Early Ashkenazi/Italian writing]. · Section of a composition [responsa?]. [Semi-cursive Sephardic script]. · Sections of several unidentified compositions in Judeo-Arabic.
Approximately 16 leaves, varied size and severity of damages resulting from the binding process.