Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Two Yemenite Manuscripts - Book of Haftarot / Three Megillot
Opening: $450
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
* Manuscript Book of Haftarot with translation. On last page is the scribe's colophon from the 3rd of Sivan 1900. With a calligraphic signature in Yemenite-Oriental handwriting, undeciphered.
Owners' signatures from various times.
89 leaves, 23.5 cm. Fair condition, stains, wear and moth holes. Original leather binding, made in Yemen.
*Manuscript, three Megillot, Shir HaShirim Ruth and Kohelet, with translation and commentaries. Yemen, [c. 19th century].
52 leaves, 22 cm. Light-colored high-quality paper, good-fair condition, stains and wear. Cutoff tears on margins of several leaves. Lacking first leaf of Shir HaShirim. New fabric binding.
Owners' signatures from various times.
89 leaves, 23.5 cm. Fair condition, stains, wear and moth holes. Original leather binding, made in Yemen.
*Manuscript, three Megillot, Shir HaShirim Ruth and Kohelet, with translation and commentaries. Yemen, [c. 19th century].
52 leaves, 22 cm. Light-colored high-quality paper, good-fair condition, stains and wear. Cutoff tears on margins of several leaves. Lacking first leaf of Shir HaShirim. New fabric binding.
Yemenite Jewry, Letters and Manuscripts
Yemenite Jewry, Letters and Manuscripts