Prayer Book According to the Yemenite Rite

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(LITURGY)

Place

Yemen

Publication

Second half 19th Century

Description

Yemenite semi-cursive script with nikud (vowel points). Several hands

summary

In the distinct Yemenite pronunciation of Hebrew, the vowel "segol" rather than pronounced as a short e, is pronounced "ah." In our prayer book, the segol vowels have been consistently replaced with the vowel "patach," which is an outright "ah" sound

ff. (179). (Mispaginated in pencil "178"). Black ink on coarse paper. First leaf loose, f.83 torn. Stained. Black ink on coarse paper. Contemporary calf, distressed. 8vo. Ex-library

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