Auction 15

Manuscript –"ktav achatraz". Persia, 18th-19th century

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The manuscript is a translation of "warnings" by Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Gabirol to Farsi in Hebrew letters. After each paragraph in Hebrew, a translation appears in Farsi. The author, Samuel Ben MolaPir Ahmad, was one of the most important Jewish poets in Persia, in the 18th century. His writings are regarded as precious to reality (see the trove of Manuscripts of the Jews of Persia at the Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem 1986, p. 27). [35] pages. 15 cm. No cover. Detached pages. Few moth holes. Stains from the passage of time. General condition: Fair-good.