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Auction 49 · Lot 357

(medieval Hebrew fragments).

Estimate
$5,000–$7,000
Hammer price
$9,000

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

Description

Collection of Hebrew medieval manuscript fragments: Pentateuch with interlinear Targum. pp. (11). Exodus 8:23-9:2, 9:18-33, 20:10-23, 21:1-22:6, 31:7-15. Egyptian square script. 10th-century? (Cf. EJ, Vol. II, cols. 715-16, fig.14). * Pentateuch with interlinear Targum from another manuscript. Exodus 15:24-26,16:8. pp. (2). * Piyut [religious poetry] by R. Elazar Kallir, "UBechen Seraphim Omdim Mima'al lo" [See Davidson, Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew Poetry, Vol. II, p. 182, V-121; Vol. I, p.138, A-2944 (from the Kerovah, "Shoshan Emek"). pp. (2). * Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hil. Pesulei HaMukdashin, Chaps. 13-15. pp. (4). * Unidentified work on 613 commandments. Aschkenazic cursive script. * Unidentified Judeo-Arabic fragment.
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