Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections

Manuscript, Minhagei Marrakesh on Laws of Shechitah and Terefot – Marrakesh, 19th Century – Decorated, Colorful Title Page

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Manuscript, laws of shechitah and terefot following the customs of Marrakesh (Morocco). [Marrakesh, 19th century].
Decorated, colorful title page, stating: "Minhagei Marrakesh". The work contains laws, customs, reasons and light thoughts on the laws of shechitah and terefot. On p. [2]a, colorful illustration of a lung and other organs. Signature near the illustration (in a different hand): "Mordechai Yisrael" (Krupp Collection Ms. 287, also with the Marrakesh customs on the laws of shechitah and terefot, is signed at the end by the copyist "Mordechai Yisrael". He may be the signatory here, and perhaps this entire manuscript was copied by him).
On the endpapers, on the verso of the title page and in other places, many inscriptions and signatures of the owner "Avraham Ifergan", one of them dated 1926.


[20] leaves. 18 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text. Marginal tears and open tears to some leaves, not affecting text. New binding.


Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.072.

Moroccan and North African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
Moroccan and North African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters