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Auction 14 · Lot 391
Machsor Lipsiae
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $400
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author
(JEWISH ART)
Place
Leipzig
Publication
1964
Description
Sixty-Eight Facsimile Plates of the Medieval Illuminated Hebrew Manuscript in the Possession of the Leipzig University Library. Text in Hebrew, German and English. With Prospectus. Two volumes, text and plates. Text volume with essays by Elias Katz and Bezalel Narkiss, annotated
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 (bound inverted). Housed in original publisher’s box. Folio
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