Pizmonim LeMilah.

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(CIRCUMCISION)

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circa

Place

Italy

Publication

1800

Description

Manuscript on paper. Hebrew sqare script in an Italian hand with instructions in cursive.

summary

Poetic hymns and blessings to be recited at the circumcision ceremony. The first pizmon commences with the words “Zechor Brith Avotheinu Tzur Shochen Beshmei Aliyah Ushlach lanu eth Eliah,” see Davidson, Otzar HaShirah VeHaPiyut (Thesaurus of Mediaeval Hebrew Poetry) no. 115.

ff. 21 (excluding blanks). Carlsbad stamp. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary elegant gilt-tooled red morocco, rubbed. 8vo.

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