[Hebrew poetry].

Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $5,500

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author

(DIWAN).

Place

Orient

Publication

14th-15th century

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, written in a large semi-cursive Sephardic hand, on paper.

summary

Significant fragment, listing titles of several hundred medieval Hebrew poems. Many for celebratory occasions, wedding, circumcision, Festivals, etc. The Separdic world excelled in the composition of Hebrew poetry. The most celebrated such poets were Judah HaLevi, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Moses ibn Ezra, among others.

ff. 35. Wormed and heavily worn in places with loss of text. Modern marbled boards. 8vo.

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