Pizmonim LaChanim [Piyutim and Zemiroth for Sabbath, Festivals, weddings and circumcision]

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 286

(IRAN).

Pizmonim LaChanim [Piyutim and Zemiroth for Sabbath, Festivals, weddings and circumcision]

Manuscript written in Persian Hebrew script. Text mostly in Hebrew, some Judeo-Persian. Several pages illuminated. ff. (117). Variously worn and stained, tears. Vertical limp calf. 8vo.

Hamadan, Iran: 1902

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

The scribe (Shalom Katan) states that the manuscript was written for his brother Yissachar ben Aziz. Many of the Piyutim record the names of the composers including Haham Raphael Kassin, Yehudah Shabbthai Raphael Antebbi and the scribe’s grandfather.