Pinkas Chevrah Ner Tamid [a ledger of the deceased]

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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(CHEVRA KADISHA).

Pinkas Chevrah Ner Tamid [a ledger of the deceased]

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in an Aschkenazic calligraphic and square hand with vowel points <<on vellum.>> ff. (8). Light wear. Contemporary tree-calf, rubbed. Tall 8vo.

Mattenboden (Germany?): 1833

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

Prayers for the members of the community, with most of the names with later ink erasure. Includes an alphabetically arranged poem “Mizmor L’Melech” in memory of the deceased and Maoz Tzur (without the final stanza).