Be’eth Sasson Simchah… [Hebrew wedding poem].

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 158
(ITALY).

Be’eth Sasson Simchah… [Hebrew wedding poem].

With central illustration acting as a clue to the riddle and captioned: “With my staff I crossed the Jordan.” Full margins. Single page. Some light staining, folds. 14.5 x 19.5 inches.

(Mantua?: Late 18th-century)

Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Ten stanza poetic riddle composed by Z.S. Panccarli in honor of the groom Joseph Haim ben Zarfati and his bride, Miriam…daugther of Haleluyah HaLevi. <<Bibliographically unrecorded.>>