Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
"Mizrah" - Micrography Work, 1911
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
"Mizrah" and "Shiviti". [Eretz Israel], [1911]. Scribe: Meir Burger.
Ink on paper.
Decorated with a variety of Biblical verses and blessings inscribed in minute letters in different geometrical shapes, in a style familiar from Hebrew manuscripts of the 13th-14th centuries. Dedicational inscription (Hebrew): "For the elevation of the soul of Yosef ben Yitzhak O.B.M., who died 27 Tevet 5671, from me Meir Burger…".
25X35.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and dampstains, with damage to text. Framed.
Ink on paper.
Decorated with a variety of Biblical verses and blessings inscribed in minute letters in different geometrical shapes, in a style familiar from Hebrew manuscripts of the 13th-14th centuries. Dedicational inscription (Hebrew): "For the elevation of the soul of Yosef ben Yitzhak O.B.M., who died 27 Tevet 5671, from me Meir Burger…".
25X35.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and dampstains, with damage to text. Framed.
Broadsides, "Shiviti" and "Mizrach"
Broadsides, "Shiviti" and "Mizrach"