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Auction 7 · Lot 638
(MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES / RaMBa”M)).
- Estimate
- $15,000–$20,000
- Hammer price
- $17,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
1485
Description
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic Manuscript. Near Eastern cursive Hebrew script, black ink on paper. Colophon with date on f.21r. Two parts in one.
i: Issues within the Books of Isaiah, Ezekiel and Zechariah concerning the Visions of the Prophets. Portions after Moses ben Maimon and R. Tanchum of Jerusalem(?) Written to Amram ben Yepheth Hakohen of Yemen.
ii: (Moses ben Maimon). A philosophical poetical prayer on the Unity of God. ff.21v-23r
summary
Entirely Unpublished.
The manuscript is evidently from the Geniza of the ancient synagogue at Fustat, south of Cairo
ff.(23). Stained, final 3 leaves repaired along upper corners with loss. Modern calf. 4to
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