Tzok Ha’ittim [“Sufferings of the Times”]
AUCTION 6 |
Tuesday, November 17th,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 191
MEIR BEN SAMUEL OF SCHERBRESHIN.
Tzok Ha’ittim [“Sufferings of the Times”]
Venice: Vendramin 1656
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $550
A contemporary rhymed account of the Chmielnicki massacres (1648-49) written in Cracow during the summer of 1650. The author personally witnessed the massacres while in Zamosc and collected many stories from refugees shortly after the attacks. Though structured in the same manner as accounts of the First Crusades, the author’s poems are nevertheless credited with a higher degree of historical accuracy than other 17th Century chroniclers - given his proximity to the events. See EJ, XI col. 1256