Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Miniature Manuscript – Book of Supplications for Women – Moravia, 18th Century
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Sold for: $750
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Manuscript, book of supplications for High Holy Days, in Yiddish. Old cursive Ashkenazi handwriting. [Moravia, c. 18th century].
Inner binding leaf contains ownership notation: “This supplication belongs to modest officer and mistress Ms. Chana, wife of rabbinical scholar Rabbi Mordechai Schliefer of congregation of Kaštieľ”. [Kaštieľ congregation, presently located in Slovakia, where disciples of the “Chatam Sofer” served as rabbis].
[1], 40 leaves. 11 cm. Thick greenish paper, good condition. Stains of usage and slight wear. New binding.
Inner binding leaf contains ownership notation: “This supplication belongs to modest officer and mistress Ms. Chana, wife of rabbinical scholar Rabbi Mordechai Schliefer of congregation of Kaštieľ”. [Kaštieľ congregation, presently located in Slovakia, where disciples of the “Chatam Sofer” served as rabbis].
[1], 40 leaves. 11 cm. Thick greenish paper, good condition. Stains of usage and slight wear. New binding.
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