Portions of Tractates Negaim and Parah

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 484

(MISHNAH)

Portions of Tractates Negaim and Parah

Square Palestinian Hebrew script On Vellum. Twenty three to twenty five lines per page. With ex-libris of David Solomon Sassoon on front-pastedown pp. 8 Contains Tractate Negaim: Chapter 5, Mishnah 2; Chapter 6 (complete), beginning of Chapter 7; end of Chapter 10, Chapter 11 (complete and divided into thirteen mishnayoth) and Chapter 12, Mishnah 5. * Tractate Parah: Chapter 1, part of Mishnah 1, Chapter 2 (complete, divided into seven mishnayoth), beginning of Chapter 3. Browned and chipped affecting words. Modern binding, sm. 8 vo

Palestine: 11th Century

Est: $7,000 - $9,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,000

Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, A Further Thirty Three Highly Important Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts, from the Collection Formed by the Late David Solomon Sassoon, Zurich, 21st November, 1978, Lot 23. An important part of a very early Mishnah manuscript, discovered in the Cairo Genizah. The division of the Mishnayoth is slightly different from the standard editions, however mostly follow the division of the Tenth Century Palestinian Mishnah (edited by W. Lowe, Cambridge, 1883)