Ibur Shanim [on the Calendar and custom]
AUCTION 47 |
Thursday, December 10th,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 155
IBN SUSAN, ISSACHAR
Ibur Shanim [on the Calendar and custom]
Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1579
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $450
First appeared in Constantinople 1564 under the title Tikun Issachar. However, the author writes in the introduction to the present edition, that the present Venice edition is preferable, as the text of the original edition is corrupt.
Ibn Susan (1539-72) a member of an illustrious Moroccan Family, lived most of his life in the Land of Israel. His researches among the Mostarabian Community (the ancient Jewish community permanently resident in the Holy Land) resulted in the present work, a code of synagogue custom, liturgical usage, Biblical readings and the unique way of life that existed among the Jews of the Holy Land. After 1492, many of these native customs fell into disuse due to the influx of Jews from the Iberian Peninsula who carried with them the by now regnant “Minhag Sepharad”