(MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES / RaMBa”M)).

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

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

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Lot 638

(MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES / RaMBa”M)).

Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic Manuscript. Near Eastern cursive Hebrew script, black ink on paper. Colophon with date on f.21r. Two parts in one. i: Issues within the Books of Isaiah, Ezekiel and Zechariah concerning the Visions of the Prophets. Portions after Moses ben Maimon and R. Tanchum of Jerusalem(?) Written to Amram ben Yepheth Hakohen of Yemen. ii: (Moses ben Maimon). A philosophical poetical prayer on the Unity of God. ff.21v-23r ff.(23). Stained, final 3 leaves repaired along upper corners with loss. Modern calf. 4to

1485

Est: $15,000 - $20,000

PRICE REALIZED $17,000

Entirely Unpublished. The manuscript is evidently from the Geniza of the ancient synagogue at Fustat, south of Cairo