Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

Handwritten “Yahrtzeit” Leaf – “Mazkeret Moshe” Neighborhood – Jerusalem

Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
“Yahrtzeit” Leaf, “Linat HaZedek” society in “Mazkeret Moshe” Neighborhood. Jerusalem, [ca.1900]. Records of deaths, from the year 1890 through 1936. Ink on heavy paper. Fine illustration of a crown and decorated verses’ titles. Drawn on the leaf is a table divided according to months; in each column are recorded names of deceased – men on top and women on the bottom. Among the names: Rabbi Yosef Rivlin, of the neighborhood founders; Rabbi Eliezer Lipman ben Ya’akov Berlin (brother of the Netziv of Volozhin), as well as names appearing with the title “HaKadosh” – names of those who were, most probably, killed during World War I. 42X55 cm. Fair condition. Dark stains. Creases. Tears, some restored. Passé-par- tout.
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