“Shevithi Hashem Lenegdi Tamid” [“I place God before me at all times” (Psalms 16:8)]. Exquisite Synagogue Shevithi Plaque. Hebrew Manuscript <<on vellum.>>

AUCTION 79 | Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 169

(MIZRACH)

“Shevithi Hashem Lenegdi Tamid” [“I place God before me at all times” (Psalms 16:8)]. Exquisite Synagogue Shevithi Plaque. Hebrew Manuscript <<on vellum.>>

Accomplished entirely in pen-and-ink. Displays the Divine Name of God (the Tetragrammaton), a seven-branched Menorah and surrounded by related Hebrew phraseology. Highly detailed including many classic Jewish iconographic elements: Eagle, coronet, rampant lions; but also more uncommon features which indicate a likely Ukrainian origin: Unicorns, griffins and - an unusual feature - twin lion heads (at base of columns). Dated and signed by the artist below: “Mordechai ben Menachem Nochum Yirmiyah HaKohen.” Occasional surface discoloration, pinholes in places, some fading at lower left and right. 17.5 x 23.5 inches (44.50 x 59.70 cm).

(Poland / Ukraine): 1874

Est: $10,000 - $15,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,000

<<Executed with great artistic skill.>> A magnificent Mizrach, recently discovered, and until now, never documented nor recorded. To date, no other works attributed to this manuscript-artist have been located, although his name indicates a likely Chassidic origin.