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Auction 11 · Lot 211
(LITURGY)
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,400
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Padua
Publication
1834
Description
Tephilah Le’shaliach Tzibur-Yamim Noraim [personal prayer for the Cantor on the High Holy Days]. Includes benedictions for strength “May [the Cantor’s] voice penetrate the veils of Heaven.” Penned by the scribe Isaac Judah Kohen at the commission of Moses bar Judah Kohen Schuster and presented to the synagogue by the scribes’ son, Moses Schuster, who served as Cantor of the Aschkenazi synagogue in Padua
summary
Acrostical verses spell out the name “Moses” and three times the word “Chazak” which is the numerical equivalent of Moses, the Cantor’s name
ff. (8) including blanks. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum. 8vo
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