Auction 15

Manuscript on the process of purification and burial. India, 19th century.

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Handwritten, in red and black ink, in beautiful handwriting with vowels, on rectangular notebook paper. At the beginning of the manuscript is the order of the seven hakafot, and then the order to washing the dead. At the end of each part is an illustration of a Star of David, at each of its tips a single letter, which together make up the words "Star of David," with the word "Jerusalem" at its center. At the end of the manuscript are several pages written in Middle Eastern writing including verses, midrashim and names of the deceased. Paper binding without a cover page. Tear with part of the back cover missing |[68] pages, of which 35 are written. 14 cm | General condition: Good-Very good.