![Manuscript, Midrash HaGadol to Bereshit. [Yemen, ca. 16th century].
Early Yemenite script. Reshut piyyutim at beginn](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale100/17_1.jpg "Manuscript, Midrash HaGadol Bereshit – Yemen, 16th Century")
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Early Yemenite script. Reshut piyyutim at beginn](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale100/17_2.jpg "Manuscript, Midrash HaGadol Bereshit – Yemen, 16th Century")
Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Manuscript, Midrash HaGadol Bereshit – Yemen, 16th Century
Opening: $3,000
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for: $8,750
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Midrash HaGadol to Bereshit. [Yemen, ca. 16th century].
Early Yemenite script. Reshut piyyutim at beginning of each parashah vocalized (with sublinear vocalization). Many marginal additions, including references, Judeo-Arabic translations, explanations and glosses – some by the scribe himself, and some by other writers.
The manuscript lacks a small amount at the beginning and end: it begins in the middle of the introduction and ends towards the end of Vayechi (in the middle of the midrashim on Jacob's death).
[231] leaves. 28.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. On first and last leaves, marginal open tears slightly affecting text (repaired with paper filling). New leather binding.
Manuscripts – Yemenite Jewry
Manuscripts – Yemenite Jewry