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Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Miniature Parchment Manuscript, Prayers Against Plagues – Italy, 18th/19th Century
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Parchment manuscript, prayers against plagues. [Italy, 18th/19th century].
Miniature format. Square script. Instructions in semi–cursive (Rashi) script.
The manuscript comprises Psalms 91, 28, 38; other verses; Pitum HaKetoret and a prayer for ceasing the plague in the merit of the Ketoret.
The final page states: "In the merit of the young man Yosef Tzemach Gavriel Donati".
[12] parchment leaves. 9 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original parchment binding, damaged.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, IT.012.003.
Italian and Greek Jewry – Manuscripts and Printed Items
Italian and Greek Jewry – Manuscripts and Printed Items