(BIBLE). LARGE ILLUMINATED BIBLICAL LEAF

AUCTION 7 | Tuesday, June 22nd, 1999 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

Back to Catalogue

<Previous Lot

/701

Next Lot>

Lot 208

(BIBLE). LARGE ILLUMINATED BIBLICAL LEAF

Binding of Isaac. Worked in gilt and pen and colored inks on large untrimmed vellum sheet with central vignette depicting Abraham and Isaac within detailed Moorish border with dense floral and geometric designs. Large four-part Hebrew textual border consisting of Genesis XXII, 11-12 680x920 mm

Palestine, circa 1920:

Est: $4,000 - $5,000

Significant image based on the seminal trial of Abraham’s faith