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Manuscript – Anthology of Practical Kabbalah, with Sefer HaRazim – Yemen, 19th Century – Islamic Leather Binding

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Manuscript, anthology of practical kabbalah, with Sefer HaRazim attributed to Adam. [Yemen, 19th century.]


Thick volume. Fine Yemenite script, integrated with red ink to some leaves. Many kabbalistic illustrations and diagrams. The entire anthology is in Judeo-Arabic. The last part of the manuscript (starting from leaf 146) contains several works in Hebrew, including two versions of Sefer HaRazim, one attributed to Adam and one to Enoch (for further contents of manuscript, see Hebrew description).
Several signatures at the beginning of the manuscript.
The manuscript is bound in a fine leather binding, with a clasp, in Islamic style (bound in the style of Islamic prayer books).


[2], 200 leaves. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some wear and marginal tears. Original leather binding, with damage, repaired. Placed in a new box.


Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.014.

PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.

Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts