Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $10,000
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Yoreh Chata'im and Goralot (order of the chapters of the counsel of Achitofel). Aden (Yemen), 1906.
Neat script with calligraphic headings and title pages. Titles and some headings decorated in colored pencils.
Signatures of the writer, R. Meush (Moshe) Selim Banin, on the decorated title pages (the Banin family was a wealthy family of rabbis, leaders of the Aden community for several generations). At the beginning of the volume, signatures of the writer in English and Arabic, dated 1906.
Enclosed: A handwritten leaf, entitled "G-d save the Queen", with a poem in Hebrew and English in honor of the Queen of England: "G-d save our gracious Queen… O grant her long to see / Friendship and amity…" (Aden was at that time a British colony in Southern Yemen).
[3], 2-151 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. Old binding with leather spine.
Neat script with calligraphic headings and title pages. Titles and some headings decorated in colored pencils.
Signatures of the writer, R. Meush (Moshe) Selim Banin, on the decorated title pages (the Banin family was a wealthy family of rabbis, leaders of the Aden community for several generations). At the beginning of the volume, signatures of the writer in English and Arabic, dated 1906.
Enclosed: A handwritten leaf, entitled "G-d save the Queen", with a poem in Hebrew and English in honor of the Queen of England: "G-d save our gracious Queen… O grant her long to see / Friendship and amity…" (Aden was at that time a British colony in Southern Yemen).
[3], 2-151 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. Old binding with leather spine.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $600
Including buyer's premium
Five books printed in Aden, Yemen, 1893-1929.
1-2. Mekor Chaim, laws of Terefot by R. Yichye son of R. Yaakov Tzalach of Sanaa. Aden, [1893]. Bound with: Petach HaOhel, laws of Gittin, with laws of Kiddushin and Ketubot, by R. Yichye Amud. Aden, [1894].
In Mekor Chaim, many glosses in Yemenite script and large tears (affecting text); lacking several leaves.
3. Ilui HaNeshamot, study order for the elevation of the souls of the departed, following the Aden rite. Aden, [1902].
4. Chupat Chatanim, poems and piyyutim, by R. Shalom Shabazi. Aden, [1925].
5. Zemirot Yisrael, poems and piyyutim for Shabbat and Festivals. Aden, [1929]. Some piyyutim printed in Judeo-Arabic.
Five books in four volumes. Size and condition vary.
Until the late 19th century, for lack of a Hebrew printing press in Yemen, almost all work of Yemenite rabbis were copied by hand. The first press was established in 1891, in Aden (then under British rule). Only about twenty Hebrew books were printed there (see: Yaari, The Hebrew Press in Aden, in: HaDefus HaIvri BeArtzot HaMizrach, Jerusalem, 1937, pp. 86-91. Yaari records 13 titles printed in Aden).
1-2. Mekor Chaim, laws of Terefot by R. Yichye son of R. Yaakov Tzalach of Sanaa. Aden, [1893]. Bound with: Petach HaOhel, laws of Gittin, with laws of Kiddushin and Ketubot, by R. Yichye Amud. Aden, [1894].
In Mekor Chaim, many glosses in Yemenite script and large tears (affecting text); lacking several leaves.
3. Ilui HaNeshamot, study order for the elevation of the souls of the departed, following the Aden rite. Aden, [1902].
4. Chupat Chatanim, poems and piyyutim, by R. Shalom Shabazi. Aden, [1925].
5. Zemirot Yisrael, poems and piyyutim for Shabbat and Festivals. Aden, [1929]. Some piyyutim printed in Judeo-Arabic.
Five books in four volumes. Size and condition vary.
Until the late 19th century, for lack of a Hebrew printing press in Yemen, almost all work of Yemenite rabbis were copied by hand. The first press was established in 1891, in Aden (then under British rule). Only about twenty Hebrew books were printed there (see: Yaari, The Hebrew Press in Aden, in: HaDefus HaIvri BeArtzot HaMizrach, Jerusalem, 1937, pp. 86-91. Yaari records 13 titles printed in Aden).
Category
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
Catalogue