Auction 73 · Lot 291
(INDIA)
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,500
- Hammer price
- $1,400
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
(Cochin)
Publication
c. 1900
Description
Hebrew manuscripts, two works bound in one volume:
* (Hilchoth Shechitah) [laws of ritual slaughter]. With extensive translation into Malayalam. pp. 53.
* Piyutim [poetic songs] for: Pesach, Shavu’oth, Sukoth, Shemini Atzereth, Simchath Torah and Shabbath Bereishith. pp. 100. According to the custom of Cochin.
summary
The Jews of Cochin had a long tradition of singing devotional hymns (piyyutim) and songs on festive occasions. Malayalam is the language found predominantly in the state of Kerala, located at the southern tip of India. Judeo-Malayalam, the only known Dravidian Jewish language, was spoken by the miniscule community of Cochini Jews, today practically extinct.
Contemporary half calf, worn. Sm. 4to.
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