(Seder LeBrith Milah)

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,000

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author

(CIRCUMCISION)

Place

Germany

Publication

19th century

Description

Manuscript on paper. Written in a precise, neat Aschkenazic hand with square and cursive Hebrew letters. Accomplished in red, blue and brown ink. With instructions for Birchath HaMazon in Judeo-German and piyutim by Ephraim of Bonn

summary

Contains prayers to be recited the night before the Brith appealing good health for the mother and baby and that the circumcision should properly performed. The final leaf contains a prescription in Latin to monitor the flow of blood

pp,34. Modern boards. Rectangular 12mo.

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