Portions of Tractates Negaim and Parah

Estimate: $7,000–$9,000
Hammer price: $7,000

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author

(MISHNAH)

Place

Palestine

Publication

11th Century

Description

Square Palestinian Hebrew script On Vellum. Twenty three to twenty five lines per page. With ex-libris of David Solomon Sassoon on front-pastedown

summary

Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, A Further Thirty Three Highly Important Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts, from the Collection Formed by the Late David Solomon Sassoon, Zurich, 21st November, 1978, Lot 23. An important part of a very early Mishnah manuscript, discovered in the Cairo Genizah. The division of the Mishnayoth is slightly different from the standard editions, however mostly follow the division of the Tenth Century Palestinian Mishnah (edited by W. Lowe, Cambridge, 1883)

pp. 8 Contains Tractate Negaim: Chapter 5, Mishnah 2; Chapter 6 (complete), beginning of Chapter 7; end of Chapter 10, Chapter 11 (complete and divided into thirteen mishnayoth) and Chapter 12, Mishnah 5. * Tractate Parah: Chapter 1, part of Mishnah 1, Chapter 2 (complete, divided into seven mishnayoth), beginning of Chapter 3. Browned and chipped affecting words. Modern binding, sm. 8 vo

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