Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Collection of Manuscripts - Yemen and Oriental Countries
Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Collection of various manuscripts, from Yemen and Oriental countries, most from the 19th century:
• "Novellae, compiled from books". [Morocco?, beginning of 19 th century]. • "Likutei Sefarim", explanations of verses, parables and mussar. [Morocco?, 19th / 20th century]. • Poems in Judeo-Arabic. • World calendar with seven time zones. Various other compilations (list of the historical dates, etc.). [Bukhara?, 19 th / 20th th century]. • Mekor Chaim on the laws of shechita. (Lacking in the beginning), on the last leaf is a colophon of the scribe Shemarya ben Chaim Elmusma Balarbi of Chamon. 1876. • Serach Hilchot Shechita L’HaRambam. (Lacking at the end), [Yemen, 19th / 20th century]. • Section of Azharot, the 613 mitzvot. [Yemen, 19th century]. • “Ashmorot” – Selichot [Yemen, beginning of 19th century]. • Mishnat Chassidim by Rabbi Emanuel Chai Riki (incomplete copy, Leaves 4-152 of the Amsterdam 1742 edition]. Kabbalistic glosses in ancient Oriental square handwriting [Yemen? / Persia?].
9 items, Varied size and condition, some are incomplete, some with bindings.
• "Novellae, compiled from books". [Morocco?, beginning of 19 th century]. • "Likutei Sefarim", explanations of verses, parables and mussar. [Morocco?, 19th / 20th century]. • Poems in Judeo-Arabic. • World calendar with seven time zones. Various other compilations (list of the historical dates, etc.). [Bukhara?, 19 th / 20th th century]. • Mekor Chaim on the laws of shechita. (Lacking in the beginning), on the last leaf is a colophon of the scribe Shemarya ben Chaim Elmusma Balarbi of Chamon. 1876. • Serach Hilchot Shechita L’HaRambam. (Lacking at the end), [Yemen, 19th / 20th century]. • Section of Azharot, the 613 mitzvot. [Yemen, 19th century]. • “Ashmorot” – Selichot [Yemen, beginning of 19th century]. • Mishnat Chassidim by Rabbi Emanuel Chai Riki (incomplete copy, Leaves 4-152 of the Amsterdam 1742 edition]. Kabbalistic glosses in ancient Oriental square handwriting [Yemen? / Persia?].
9 items, Varied size and condition, some are incomplete, some with bindings.
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Glosses
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Glosses