Hebrew. FIVE SCROLLS & HAFTOROTH)

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00
Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 434
(Bible,.

Hebrew. FIVE SCROLLS & HAFTOROTH)

Large Gothic Ashkenazic square Hebrew script with vocalization and cantillation marks. On Vellum. Wide margins. Initial words illuminated with decorative flourishes in red, green and black ink. Double columns of twenty-seven lines ff. (75). Lower portion of margin removed on few leaves not affecting text. Pricking on outer margins. Horizontal and vertical ruling. Scattered marginalia. Lightly browned, foxed and stained in places. Recent calf- backed wooden boards, remnants of clasps. Folio

Germany: 13th Century

Est: $25,000 - $30,000
PRICE REALIZED $55,000
A most impressive manuscript The codicological and paleographical features of this Biblical Manuscript indicate it was written during the 13th-century