Hebrew Grammar

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 264

(GRAMMAR)

Hebrew Grammar

Manuscript, Aschkenazic cursive script. Old German inscription on back fly leal reads: "[illegible] Matties…von Bayreuth, datum…1764." ff. (55). 24 lines per page. Ex library. Sepia on coarse paper. Foxed. Marginal worming, text slightly affected. Contemporary calf, rebound. 4to

Central Europe: 18th Century

Est: $600 - $900

This anonymous work is divided into the following sections or "She'arim": Othiyoth (letters), tenu'oth (vowels), shemoth (nouns), pe'alim (verbs), and neginoth (cantillation). On f.7v. the author cites Ibn Ezra's critique in Sepher Tzachuth of Judah ibn Chayuj. On f. 51r. he writes of R. David Kimchi (Radak): "We drink from his waters, because the Chacham R. Solomon wrote concerning him, 'If there is no flour (kemach), there is no Torah.'" (Source: Mishnah, Avoth 3:21)