Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Manuscript of Piyutim and Community Accounts – Morocco – Abuhatzira Family

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Sold for: $625
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Manuscript of Piyutim in Hebrew and Jewish Mugrabi Arabic, various accounts concerning matters of the courts and community taxes. Morocco, c. 1865.
On the leather binding is an impressed adornment, "Yosef ben Rabbi Moshe Abuhatzira". In the lists of accounts and courts are famous last names of families which belonged to the Jewish Moroccan community: Abucatzira, Pinto, Danino, Sudri, Chasin, Simchon, Edrei, Asulin, Ebn Chayun.
14 leaves. 16.5 cm. Fair condition, stains wear and tears. Elaborate worn leather binding. Binding filled with leaf parts from an ancient Venice Talmud (sections from Mordechai on Tractate Bava Batra).
Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters