Auction 98 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, Jewish Ceremonial Art

Lot 1

Torah Scroll – The Balkans, 18th/19th Century

Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium

Torah scroll. [Turkey, Greece, or the Balkan region, ca. second half of the 18th century or early 19th century].
Sephardic script, characteristic of the Balkan region. The Torah scroll is rolled on two "Atzei Chaim" (carved wooden rollers, typical of the region and period).


Height of parchment: 46 cm. Maximum height of the "Atzei Chaim": Approx. 95 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Faded ink and blemishes. Later erasures and corrections in many places. Restored tears. Large open tears to several sheets (in Parashat Balak), affecting text, restored. The parchment is cut in a circular shape in the first and last sheets. Housed in a later velvet mantle.


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Torah Scrolls, Tefillin and Megillot
Torah Scrolls, Tefillin and Megillot