Manuscript, Tafsir Keter Malchut and poems in Judeo–Persian. [Iran, 1779–1780].
Oriental script. Headings in red ink. Each page of text enclosed in red border. Colorful, decorated heading at the top of the first page (partially deleted).
The main part of the manuscript comprises Tafsir Keter Malchut – Judeo–Persian translation and commentary to R. Shlomo ibn Gabirol's Keter Malchut. Followed by two poems in Judeo–Persian (lengthy note in Arabic characters on p. [29a]).
The manuscript is dated 1779 at the beginning. Colophon at the end of the Tafsir (p. [27]): "Written and completed on Sunday, 16th Iyar 1779". At the end of the manuscript: "I wrote it in 1780". Late ownership inscription, dated 1927, near last colophon.

The manuscript is bound in a fine lacquer-coated cover. Lacquer work was one of the fine classic arts of Iran; the present binding is a unique example of the use of this classic Iran skill with a Hebrew manuscript.

[32] leaves. 15.5 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains. Tears and minor open tears, with slight damage to text, repaired in part with paper. Colorful binding (spine restored, non–original).

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, PS.011.008.