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/RaMBa”M). MISHNEH TORAH

Auction 33 · Lot 217

/RaMBa”M). MISHNEH TORAH

Estimate
$7,000–$9,000
Hammer price
$8,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES

Place

Yemen

Publication

Tamuz 24th, 1598

Description

Hebrew Manuscript on paper. Yemenite square and cursive script. Owner’s signature Yihya b. Selim al-Kapach on front fly leaf and on 20b. Marginalia in various hands including some scholarly glosses by Rabbi Kapach, Chief Rabbi of San’a.

summary

SCRIBE: Yoseph b. Yonah-b. Oded-b.Saadia-b. Choter known [as] Alfatichi TEXT: Sepher Hafla’ah: Hilchoth Nedarim, Neziruth, Erchim Ve-Charamim. Sepher Zeraim: Hilchoth Kelaim, Matnoth Aniyim, Terumoth, Ma’asroth, Ma’aser Sheni, Bikurim, Shemita Ve-Yovel (through Chapter 7, Halacha16)
170 leaves. First leaf in a later hand. Modern boards. 4to
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