Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections

Manuscript, Amulets and Segulot – Morocco, 18th Century

Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium

Manuscript, amulets, hashbaot and segulot. [Morocco, 18th century].
Neat cursive Sephardic (Maghrebi) script. Tables, kabbalistic illustrations and Angelic script.
The manuscript opens with 35 sections listing various methods of performing dream questions, followed by many selections of amulet texts, hashbaot and segulot for various situations.
In several places, the source is stated as "a manuscript of R. Chaim Vital".


[48] written leaves (+ several blank leaves). 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text in several places. Detached leaves. Original binding, damaged.


See:
• Windows on Jewish Worlds. Essays in Honor of William Gross. Edited by Shalom Sabar, Emile Schrijver and Falk Wiesemann. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2019, p. 185–186.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.082.

Moroccan and North African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
Moroccan and North African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters