Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Assorted Collection of Handwritten Leaves - Parts of Compositions, Owners' Signatures and More
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Assorted collection of handwritten leaves, in various scripts and from various periods, some taken from bindings.
The collection contains leaves and gatherings from handwritten compositions, endpapers of books with ownership inscriptions and signatures, single handwritten leaves, and more.
Including: • Leaf from a binding (with remnants of the binding) - galley proof of an edition of Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, printed on one side only. On the verso, early familial inscriptions in Ashkenazic script, from 1652-1659. Record of the birth of the writer's son in 1655: "BeSiman Tov, my son Shabtai was born… in 1655, 4th Cheshvan", and of the passing of two prominent rebbetzins, the daughter of R. Moshe R. Mendels of Posen and the granddaughter of the Maharal of Prague, in 1652-1653: "In the memory of the deceased Rebbetzin Elka daughter of R. Moshe son of R. Mendels… Nisan 1653" (R. Moshe R. Mendels, a leading Torah scholar in his times, rabbi of Posen and other cities, his signature appears alongside that of the Tosefot Yom Tov in 1639 at the Lublin fair); "In the memory of the passing of the righteous Rebbetzin Chava daughter of R. Yitzchak HaKohen of Prague… Tevet 1652" (R. Yitzchak HaKohen was the son-in-law of the Maharal of Prague). • Leaf taken from a binding, a draft letter (autograph, with deletions, emendations and additions). Sephardic-Balkanic script. The letter mentions: "R. Yitzchak Barsano". • Two handwritten leaves from the Avnei HaEfod composition, by R. David Pipano (possibly handwritten by the author). • Endpapers with calligraphic Sephardic signatures. • Leaf taken from a binding, with records of Torah thoughts and notes in Sephardic and Italian script, from unidentified writers. • Handwritten booklet (Sephardic-Balkanic script), segulot and cures (some in Ladino). • Handwritten leaf from the Rabbenu Bachya commentary on the Torah, in Yemenite script; handwritten leaf of the Rashi commentary on the Torah, in Yemenite script, with the writer's colophon dated 1781. • Leaves from a manuscript of piyyutim. • Notebook of Torah novellae. • Letter writing manual in Ashkenazic script. • And more.
Over 100 leaves and leaf fragments. Size and condition vary (tears affecting text to some leaves, due to binding).
The collection contains leaves and gatherings from handwritten compositions, endpapers of books with ownership inscriptions and signatures, single handwritten leaves, and more.
Including: • Leaf from a binding (with remnants of the binding) - galley proof of an edition of Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, printed on one side only. On the verso, early familial inscriptions in Ashkenazic script, from 1652-1659. Record of the birth of the writer's son in 1655: "BeSiman Tov, my son Shabtai was born… in 1655, 4th Cheshvan", and of the passing of two prominent rebbetzins, the daughter of R. Moshe R. Mendels of Posen and the granddaughter of the Maharal of Prague, in 1652-1653: "In the memory of the deceased Rebbetzin Elka daughter of R. Moshe son of R. Mendels… Nisan 1653" (R. Moshe R. Mendels, a leading Torah scholar in his times, rabbi of Posen and other cities, his signature appears alongside that of the Tosefot Yom Tov in 1639 at the Lublin fair); "In the memory of the passing of the righteous Rebbetzin Chava daughter of R. Yitzchak HaKohen of Prague… Tevet 1652" (R. Yitzchak HaKohen was the son-in-law of the Maharal of Prague). • Leaf taken from a binding, a draft letter (autograph, with deletions, emendations and additions). Sephardic-Balkanic script. The letter mentions: "R. Yitzchak Barsano". • Two handwritten leaves from the Avnei HaEfod composition, by R. David Pipano (possibly handwritten by the author). • Endpapers with calligraphic Sephardic signatures. • Leaf taken from a binding, with records of Torah thoughts and notes in Sephardic and Italian script, from unidentified writers. • Handwritten booklet (Sephardic-Balkanic script), segulot and cures (some in Ladino). • Handwritten leaf from the Rabbenu Bachya commentary on the Torah, in Yemenite script; handwritten leaf of the Rashi commentary on the Torah, in Yemenite script, with the writer's colophon dated 1781. • Leaves from a manuscript of piyyutim. • Notebook of Torah novellae. • Letter writing manual in Ashkenazic script. • And more.
Over 100 leaves and leaf fragments. Size and condition vary (tears affecting text to some leaves, due to binding).
Manuscripts and Glosses - Oriental Rabbis
Manuscripts and Glosses - Oriental Rabbis