Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Manuscript – Sefer HaKavanot by the Arizal – Yemen, 19th/20th Century – LaMenatze'ach Menorah
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Manuscript, Sefer HaKavanot by the Arizal. [Yemen, 19th/20th century].
Copied from the Venice 1620 edition by R. Moshe Trinchi, including his foreword and the title page text from that edition. Selections from the Zohar were added in the margins of the present manuscript.
Title page with decorative border in red ink. Ornaments in red ink on first leaves. A LaMenatze'ach Menorah follows the foreword.
Scribe's inscription on the verso of the title page.
[103] leaves. Lacking end. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears and wear. Open tears to several leaves, affecting text. Detached leaves. Without binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.074.
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts