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Auction 73 · Lot 295
(LITURGY)
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $900
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Yemen
Publication
17th/18th century
Description
Prayer Book According to Yemenite Rite. Includes services for weekday, Sabbath and Festivals; also Hoshanoth, Pirkei Avoth, Hagadah shel Pesach with commentary, Megilath Eichah, Kinoth, Megilath Chashmonaim, Selichoth, Keter Malchuth by ibn Gabirol, Marriage ceremony, Milah, Pidyon HaBen, Nusach Kethuba, Get and Chalitza, calendar for 1651-82 and other matters. Final leaves contain dream interpretations ordered by subject.
summary
A later colophon is dated 1740. The main body of the text obviously pre-dates that as it includes a calendar from a century earlier.
ff. 152 (incomplete at beginning and end). Variously worn from use, stained and torn in places. Loose in old leather (padded with textual leaves). Sm. folio.
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