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Auction 61 · Lot 288

Two leaves extracted from a Yom Kippur Machzor. Hebrew manuscript on vellum. Section of the Avodah in the Musaph prayers: The service of the High Priest and associated piyutim. Ashkenazic rite.

Estimate
$4,000–$5,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

(LITURGY)

Place

Italy(?)

Publication

15th-century

Description

First word in each stanza capitalized.

summary

These two sacred vellum leaves were cannibalized from a Hebrew prayer-book for use as a binding for records in a secular archive.
Stained and torn. 12 x 9 in.
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