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Auction 51 · Lot 324
Shlomo ben Chaim of Dresnitz. Shivchei Ha'Ari [biography of R. Isaac Luria]
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
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author
(LURIA, ISAAC).
Place
North Africa
Publication
1863
Description
Manuscript in Hebrew written in cursive Sephardic script, black ink on paper. Written by David Azagoury. Portuguese inscription of former owner: "Salomon Abitbol, Lisbon, Tammuz 5687 / 15 July 1927." From the Cassuto Collection
summary
"The first Kabbalistic hagiography." G. Scholem, Kabbalah (1974) p. 423. Originally published as part of Ta’alumoth Chochmah by Joseph Shlomo Delmedigo in 1629 and separately thereafter under the title Shivchei Ha'Ari. The eminent historian Meir Benayahu's doctoral dissertation focused upon Shivchei Ha'Ari and its various recensions. Benayahu also published a full bibliography of all the printed editions and manuscripts of the work in Aresheth Vol III (1961) pp. 144-65