Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
Collection of Manuscripts - Sections of the Taj Torah and Machberet HaTijan - 16th to 19th Centuries
Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Large collection of manuscripts: Signatures (gatherings of leaves) and leaf sections, from Taj books [Keter Torah, including the Five Books of the Torah, Targum Onkelos and a Tafsir - Judeo-Arabic translation of Rabbi Se'adya Gaon]; Bible commentaries; Haftarot and Machberet HaTijan [grammar book written by an early Torah sage, attached to ancient Taj books]. Yemen, [16th-19th centuries].
More than 60 leaves and leaf sections. Size and condition vary. Fair to poor.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
More than 60 leaves and leaf sections. Size and condition vary. Fair to poor.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
Yemenite Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
Yemenite Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents