Various selections on astrology, Tekufot and zodiacs. [Yemen, 20th century.]
Yemenite script. Judeo-Arabic. Decorations around initial words, some in red ink.
Contains sections on the calendar, Tekufot and solar and lunar eclipses. From p. 22b to the end of the manuscript is a copying from the epistles of the Brethren of Purity (a 10th-century philosophical sect).

At the end of the copying (p. 31b) are fine closing decorations in the form of decorated wheels. On the opposite page is the colophon of the scribe, styled as an Islamic standard (Alam), signed "Musa son of Salim Shehib of Tan'am and Jerusalem". Around the decoration are inscriptions in Arabic script (blessings and the name of the scribe).

R. Moshe son of Shalom Shehib (d. 1931), born in Tan'am, was apparently a professional scribe and wandered from village to village. An inscription on his death calls him "our teacher and master".
At the beginning and end of the manuscript appear ownership inscriptions.

[32] leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains. Old binding with leather spine.

Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.034.

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