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Auction 53 · Lot 308
(SEPHARDICA)
- Estimate
- $700–$1,000
- Hammer price
- $900
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Morocco
Publication
circa 1900
Description
Collection of mostly mystical works in Hebrew and Hakitia (the Moroccan dialect of Ladino). Bound together in one volume:
Sepher Magid MeReshith [folk almanac predicting weather and agricultural conditions]. Hebrew, ff. 1-10v). * Sepher HaGoraloth LeAchitophel [magic]]. Hebrew, ff. 10v-15r. * Kevi'ath HaChodashim [intercalation of Months]. Ladino, ff. 15v-17v. * Chidoth [riddles]. Hebrew and Ladino, ff. 18r-21r. * Tekuphoth [calendar]. Hebrew, ff. 21v-23r). Blank (ff. 23v-28v). * Cheshbonoth [mathematics]. Spanish and Ladino, ff. 29r-43r). * Minhagim [customs of the City of Meknes relating to ritual slaughter, arranged by R. Raphael Berdugo (1747-1822) - see Zivchei Teru'ah, Livorno 1872)]. Hebrew, ff. 43v-52r). * Magical work (Raziel HaMal'ach?). Ladino and Hebrew, ff. 52v-55v). * Minhagim (cont'd). f. 56). * Magical work (cont'd) (f. 57)
Contemporary marbled boards. Lg. 4to
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