Auction 59 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Feb 20, 2018 (your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St. Jerusalem
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LOT 225:

Three Manuscripts - Allegorical Play - North Africa, 19th and 20th Centuries

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Three Manuscripts - Allegorical Play - North Africa, 19th and 20th Centuries
Three manuscripts of an allegorical play, by an unidentified author. [North Africa (Tangier?)], 19th and 20th centuries.
* Autograph of the play, with handwritten erasures, corrections and additions. A title appears at the beginning of the manuscript with the verse (Mishlei) "Hearken for I will speak noble things…", some of the letters are marked alluding to the year 1877. Semi-cursive Sephardi script.
* Two manuscripts with copies of the play in neat scribal writing. One bears a stamp from Tangier. The aforementioned verse appear at the beginning of the manuscripts, in this case alluding to the year 1917.
An allegorical play with the characters Shalem, Asa and Piach.
Three manuscripts. Size varies, overall good condition.