Tractate Avoth [Ethics of the Fathers]
AUCTION 53 |
Thursday, December 08th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 288
(JUDEO-PERSIAN LITERATURE)
Tractate Avoth [Ethics of the Fathers]
Persia: 1912-1924
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
JUDEO-PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT OF ETHICS OF THE FATHERS (AVOTH).
Several colophons with name of scribe, "Joseph Nemd" from year 5673 [i.e., 1912-1913]. Followed by colophons with name of scribe "Abraham Levi" from years 5679 [i.e., 1919] and 5684 [i.e., 1924].
See the in-depth study of Judeo-Persian Avoth manuscripts by D. Yeroushalmi, The Mishnaic Tractate Abot in Judeo-Persian Literature in: Irano-Judaica IV (Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute, 1999) pp. 223-50.