Auction 78 - Rare and Important Items
Illustrated Manuscript – Psalms for Festivals – Italy, 19th Century
Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Unsold
Manuscript, Psalms for festivals, with Italian translation. [Italy, 19th century].
The manuscript opens with an illustration of an architectonic gate, surmounted by the Tablets of the Law. At the end of the manuscript, an illustration of birds drinking from a water fountain.
Includes Psalms for Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Chanukah and Purim. With interlinear Italian translation (in Latin characters).
Ink on paper. [7] leaves. Approx. 15 cm. Stains, including dark stains. Minor worming. Marginal tear to one leaf. Card binding, detached, with minor damage.
Provenance:
1. The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, Ms. 51.
2. Private collection.
The manuscript opens with an illustration of an architectonic gate, surmounted by the Tablets of the Law. At the end of the manuscript, an illustration of birds drinking from a water fountain.
Includes Psalms for Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Chanukah and Purim. With interlinear Italian translation (in Latin characters).
Ink on paper. [7] leaves. Approx. 15 cm. Stains, including dark stains. Minor worming. Marginal tear to one leaf. Card binding, detached, with minor damage.
Provenance:
1. The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, Ms. 51.
2. Private collection.
Early and Illustrated Manuscripts
Early and Illustrated Manuscripts