Set of 24 individual Scrolls. Each a separate Book of the Tanach. Expertly written in Aschkenazi square Hebrew hand on vellum. Each scroll with fine, detailed illumination pertinent to the content of the Sefer.
AUCTION 83 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2019 at 1:00pm
Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art
Lot 124
(BIBLE)
Set of 24 individual Scrolls. Each a separate Book of the Tanach. Expertly written in Aschkenazi square Hebrew hand on vellum. Each scroll with fine, detailed illumination pertinent to the content of the Sefer.
(Lithuania?: c. 1930)
Est: $70,000 - $90,000
<<Provenance:>> Edward Reichmann (1925-2005) formerly of Beled (Hungary), Vienna, Paris, Tangiers, Montreal and Jerusalem.
The 24 Scrolls comprise:
<<Early Prophets / Nevi’im Rishonim:>> Each Scroll containing an illumination above each column, first and last three lines of Scroll and first word of each new chapter illuminated. <<*>> Joshua/Yehoshua: 28 columns on 7 skins. <<*>> Judges/Shoftim: 27 columns on 6 skins. <<*>> Samuel I/Shmuel Aleph: 36 columns on 8 skins. <<*>> Samuel II/Shmuel Beth: 30 columns on 7 skins. <<*>> Kings I/Melachim Aleph: 35 columns on 9 skins. <<*>> Kings II/Melachim Beth: 32 columns on 8 skins.
<<Major Prophets:>> Each Scroll containing an illumination above each column, first and last three lines of Scroll illuminated. <<*>> Isaiah/Yeshayahu: 45 columns on 11 skins. <<*>> Jeremiah/Yermiyahu: 58 columns on 13 skins. <<*>> Ezekiel/Yechezkel: 52 columns on 14 skins.
<<Minor Prophets:>> Each Scroll containing an illumination above and below each column, first and last three lines of Scroll and first word of each new chapter illuminated. <<*>> Hosea/Hoshea: 13 columns on 3 skins. <<*>> Joel/Yoel: 5 columns on 1 skin. <<*>> Amos: 12 columns on 3 skins. <<*>> Obadiah/Ovadya: 3 columns on 1 skin. <<*>> Jonah/Yonah: 4 columns on 1 skin. <<*>> Nahum/Nachum: 3 columns on 1 skin. <<*>> Habakuk, Chavakuk: 4 columns on 1 skin. <<*>> Zepheniah/Tzefanya: 4 columns on 1 skin. <<*>> Zachariah/Zecharya: 18 columns on 4 skins. <<*>> Malachi: 5 columns on 1 skin.
<<Five Scrolls/Chamesh Megilloth:>> Each Scroll containing a gilt illustration above every other column, first and last three lines of Scroll illuminated. <<*>> Song of Songs/Shir HaShirim: 8 columns on 2 skins. <<*>> Ruth: 8 columns on 3 skins. <<*>> Lamentations/Eichah: 10 columns on 4 skins. <<*>> Ecclesiastes/Koheleth: 18 columns on 5 skins. <<*>> Esther: 20 columns on 4 skins.
The Books of Micah, Haggai, Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Ezra/Nehemiah, Daniel and Chronicles were not commissioned when this project was undertaken in the decade preceding World War II.
<<Further details of each Scroll, along with additional photographs, available upon request.>>