(Machzor) [Festival prayers]. According to the custom of the Island of Corfu. Manuscript in square Greek Hebrew script. Black ink on thick paper. Ten Commandments on ff.101v-102r set within arched Tablet-form red border
AUCTION 7 |
Tuesday, June 22nd,
1999 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 632
(LITURGY).
(Machzor) [Festival prayers]. According to the custom of the Island of Corfu. Manuscript in square Greek Hebrew script. Black ink on thick paper. Ten Commandments on ff.101v-102r set within arched Tablet-form red border
Corfu: Mid 19th-century
Est: $5,000 - $6,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,000
The Jews of this Greek island in the Ionian Group preserved the ancient Byzantine rite known as Minhag Corfu. By the mid 19th-century when this manuscript was penned, this indigenous rite had all but disappeared