Auction 14 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Manuscript – Tzurat HaOlam by Rabbi Yitzchak Ibn Latif and an Unidentified Work on the Torah – Beginning of 15th Century

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Manuscript, sections of the book Tzurat HaOlam by Rabbi Yitzchak Ibn Latif, and additional sections of unidentified work. [Spain?], [beginning of 15th century].
Manuscript leaves removed from binding geniza. Written in Middle Sefardi handwriting. Contains sections of beginning and of the first two chapters of Tzurat Olam by Rabbi Yitzchak Ibn Latif (printed in Vienna, 1860), and additional sections of an unidentified work of homiletics and explanation on the Torah weekly portions.
One of the watermarks of these leaves matches the Briquet Index No. 3974, and is dated at 1397.
C. 10 leaves [and additional leaf parts]. 26-27 cm. Fair-poor condition, varied levels of damage because of binding.
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