Pizmonim LaChanim [Piyutim and Zemiroth for Sabbath, Festivals, weddings and circumcision]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,300

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author

(IRAN).

Place

Hamadan, Iran

Publication

1902

Description

Manuscript written in Persian Hebrew script. Text mostly in Hebrew, some Judeo-Persian. Several pages illuminated.

summary

The scribe (Shalom Katan) states that the manuscript was written for his brother Yissachar ben Aziz. Many of the Piyutim record the names of the composers including Haham Raphael Kassin, Yehudah Shabbthai Raphael Antebbi and the scribe’s grandfather.

ff. (117). Variously worn and stained, tears. Vertical limp calf. 8vo.

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