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Auction 24 · Lot 240

Ibn Ezra, Abraham. “The Ages of Man” (Poem)

Estimate
$1,200–$1,800
Hammer price
$2,300

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

author

(GENIZAH)

Place

Egypt

Publication

12th century

Description

Egyptian masait script. Cf. EJ, Vol. II, col. 731, figure 3 (deposition from Egypt, 1218 in Taylor-Schechter Collection, Cambridge). In pencil between lines, notes concerning lacunae and and variae lectionis.
ff. 4 (numbered in pencil 2a-5b). Missing beginning and end. Stained and tattered. Black ink on coarse paper. Framed
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