Isaac ben Meir (Scribe)

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

Back to Catalogue Download Catalogue

<Previous Lot

/370

Next Lot>

Lot 237

(ETHICS OF THE FATHERS)

Isaac ben Meir (Scribe)

Manuscript on paper. Hebrew text of Tractate Avoth with nikud (punctuation) and Judeo-Persian translation. ff. 59. Rich floral motifs painted on background of midnight blue typical of Persian milieu. Stains. Owner’s stamps throughout. Roan boards, cartouche in sealing wax. Lg. 4to

Persia: Cheshvan 1885

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,250

A HANDSOME ILLUMINATED JUDEO-PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT OF ETHICS OF THE FATHERS (AVOTH) See the recent in-depth study of Judeo-Persian Avoth manuscripts: D. Yeroushalmi, “The Mishnaic Tractate Abot in Judeo-Persian Literature” in: Irano-Judaica IV (Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute, 1999), pp. 223-50