Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Manuscript, Document Recording Sale of Claims – Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Tzur – Fez, 1839
Manuscript, document recording the sale of claims, handwritten and signed by R. Shlomo ibn Tzur. Fez, 1839.
The document records the sale by the heirs of Yitzchak Mordjan to Yehuda Ben David Ohayon of any claims they have against R. Shmuel son of R. Chaim Vaknin. Dated Tuesday 7th Shevat 1839, with the calligraphic signature of R. Shlomo Ibn Tzur, and an addition handwritten and signed by R. Shlomo Ibn Tzur and another rabbi.
On the verso, record of the sale of the document to Moshe son of R. Chaim Vaknin, signed by R. Shlomo Ibn Tzur and R. Yisrael Yaakov Aflalo.
On the back of the leaf, inscription by R. Shlomo Ibn Tzur about the topic of the document.
R. Shlomo Ibn Tzur (1805–1843), a Fez Torah scholar, son of R. Rafael Ibn Tzur and grandson of R. Yaakov Ibn Tzur – the Yaavetz.
[1] double leaf. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor marginal wear. Folding marks. New binding.
Exhibition:
• Yeshiva University Museum, New York, "The Sephardic Journey: 1492–1992", 1990–1992, p. 297, no. 402.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.050, 133.011.002.