Auction 11
Rare and Unique Items
Jan 5, 2017
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Israel
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LOT 48:
Tikun Leil Shavu'ot - Ink on Parchment - Miniature - North Africa, the 19th Century - Rare
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Start price:
$
500
Estimated price:
$500 - $1,000
Auction house commission:
19%
VAT: On commission only
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Miniature parchment scroll with the reading passages for the night of Shavu'ot, according to the custom of Oriental Jewry: the three first and last verses of each of the Parashot of the Torah.
Manuscript, ink on parchment, rolled up like a scroll.
At the beginning of the manuscript, an ownership inscription: Avraham Ben Shlomo Noni died on the 15th of Kislev 5641 (1881). It is most likely that the scroll was written then.
North-African styled script.
48 pp. Height of parchment: 6 cm.
Condition: Good-Fair. Several pages are flawed with damage to text. The ink is blurred in several places. Stains and wear.
