Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Manuscript – Machzor for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur – Tunisia, 1741
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $4,250
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Machzor for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, as customary in North Africa. [Tunisia], 1741.
Complete manuscript. Fine Oriental writing. Contains poems for both days of Rosh HaShanah and for Yom Kippur, without standard prayers.
Colophon of copyist at end of manuscript: “Machzor completed on Sunday, 22nd of Elul, 1741, Ya’akov Chajaj”.
At beginning of manuscript, in different writing, additional poems, confession prayer [‘Al Chet’] and prayers for Yom Kippur”.
[5], 86 leaves. 20 cm. White quality paper. Good condition, stains, moth stains. New binding.
Complete manuscript. Fine Oriental writing. Contains poems for both days of Rosh HaShanah and for Yom Kippur, without standard prayers.
Colophon of copyist at end of manuscript: “Machzor completed on Sunday, 22nd of Elul, 1741, Ya’akov Chajaj”.
At beginning of manuscript, in different writing, additional poems, confession prayer [‘Al Chet’] and prayers for Yom Kippur”.
[5], 86 leaves. 20 cm. White quality paper. Good condition, stains, moth stains. New binding.
Tunisian and Moroccan Jewry
Tunisian and Moroccan Jewry