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Auction 4 · Lot 193
Machsor Lipsiae
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(LITURGY)
Place
Leipzig
Publication
1964
Description
68 Facsimile Plates of the Medieval, Illuminated, Hebrew Manuscript in the possession of the Leipzig Unviersity Library. Text in Hebrew, German and English. Color plates
summary
First illustrated Machzor reproduced in facsimile; the Leipzig Machzor is the most sumptuous of South German illuminated Machzorim, with the most extensive array of illustrations. It is regarded as one of the most significant medieval monuments of Hebraic art.
Plate volume, pictoral cream with multi-colored stamp design on front, folio. Text volume (essays by Elias Katz and Bezalel Narkiss). 4to
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