Godines, Benjamin Senior (Ed.) Me’ah Berachoth / Orden de Bendiciones.

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 177
(LITURGY).

Godines, Benjamin Senior (Ed.) Me’ah Berachoth / Orden de Bendiciones.

Text in Hebrew and Spanish. ff. (11 of 12, lacking engraved frontispiece), 303; pp. (1), 54, (15), 7, (1), (20), (1 blank). Some stains (especially stains of matzah on ff.110-11). Contemporary calf, clasps and hinges, new morocco spine labels and endpapers. Thick 12mo Vinograd, Amsterdam 550; Fuks, Amsterdam 606

Amsterdam: Albertus Magnus 1687

Est: $600 - $900
Included in this compendium of prayers and instructions issued for Marranos are: the Hagadah for Passover; an index of blessings for the entire year including relevant laws and commentary according to Sephardic rite; a perpetual liturgical calendar; a recipe for Charoseth; instructions for constructing a Mikveh; prayers for the sick, last rites, and prayers for martyrs burned at the stake by the Inquisition. Of uncommon interest are the ceremonies celebrating the birth of a daughter, “Zeved HaBath” (Fadas de la Hija), the circumcision ceremony of proselytes and slaves and the blessing when buying a slave.