Tzeror HaMor [“Bundle of Myrrh”: Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

SABA, ABRAHAM

printer

Isaac Prostitz

Place

Cracow

Publication

1595

Description

Title within architectural arch surmounted by vignette depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac. Signature of former owner Yaakov of Bonn on f. 60a.

references

Vinograd, Cracow 184; Mehlman 675

summary

The author (b. Spain, c. 1440-1508), a disciple of Isaac de Leon, was exiled from his native Castile. No sooner did he find refuge in Oporto, Portugal, King Emanuel ordered all Jews converted and all Hebrew books burned. Saba’s sons were forcibly baptized and his extensive library plundered. He escaped to Fez, Morocco, where he attempted to recommit from memory his original works that he was forced to abandon.

ff. 165, (1). Few leaves repaired, some staining and foxing, upper margin of final leaves wormed not affecting text. Modern vellum. Folio

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