Hebrew Manuscript on vellum, written in an Aschkenazic square, rounded script, with nekudoth and cantillation notes. Provides the Haphtorah readings for the entire annual cycle including festivals

AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 313

(HAPHTORAH SCROLL).

Hebrew Manuscript on vellum, written in an Aschkenazic square, rounded script, with nekudoth and cantillation notes. Provides the Haphtorah readings for the entire annual cycle including festivals

Initial letters bold, headings and instructions in smaller letters. Some sections in a differing but similar hand, also on alternate parchment Light wear. Height: 22 inches. Set on two wooden rollers (chipped)

(Alsace): circa 1800

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $6,500

Written on vellum in the style of a Sepher Torah, but here provided with nekudoth and cantillation notes. For a comprehensive history of Haphtorah Scrolls and a survey of their use in various countries over the centuries, see B.S. Hamburger, Shoroshei Minhag Ashkenaz, Vol. III, pp. 112-228. According to Hamburger, these types of scrolls with wooden rollers were used in Frankfurt a/Main and other German communities such as Hamburg, Mainz, Worms and Nurenberg, plus the communities of Basel and Copenhagen as well as in the Alsace