Auction 69 - Part I -Rare and Important Items
Sephardic Manuscript – Kohelet and Shir HaShirim, with the Rashi Commentary – 14th/15th Century
Opening: $3,000
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $5,250
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Kohelet and Shir HaShirim, with the Rashi commentary. [Spain or the Sephardic diaspora, 14th/15th century].
The text of the Megillot in square script, with the Rashi commentary in semi-cursive Sephardic script, verse by verse. Decorated initial words in several places.
Megillat Kohelet is lacking the beginning and opens with chapter 1, verse 17. Shir HaShirim is complete (leaves [48] and [49] of Shir HaShirim were bound out of sequence).
[50] leaves. 26 cm. Overall fair condition, several leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains and wear, dampstains and dampness damage, affecting text. New binding.
Enclosed: Expert report from Mr. Benjamin Richler, emeritus director of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts in the NLI.
The text of the Megillot in square script, with the Rashi commentary in semi-cursive Sephardic script, verse by verse. Decorated initial words in several places.
Megillat Kohelet is lacking the beginning and opens with chapter 1, verse 17. Shir HaShirim is complete (leaves [48] and [49] of Shir HaShirim were bound out of sequence).
[50] leaves. 26 cm. Overall fair condition, several leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains and wear, dampstains and dampness damage, affecting text. New binding.
Enclosed: Expert report from Mr. Benjamin Richler, emeritus director of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts in the NLI.
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