Auction 45
Lot 148:
Manuscript in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Some in purple ink. Pages 1-20: Haftarah of Tisha B’Av (‘Asof Asifem’) with the tafsir in Arabic. Pages 21-72: Katzot. Job (21-28); the Ten Martyrs (29-35); Yosef HaTzaddik (37-65); Channah (66-72); 73-116: Kinot in Hebrew and Arabic. 117-123: Kinot in Judeo-Arabic.
Total of 125 pages, North Africa 19th century. The colophon has the signature of the scribe: Shlomo bne David Sultan (p. 20), signatures of ownership: Yitzhak ben David Marciano, Debdo, Meir ben Shmuel Marciano (p. 124), probably a descendant of Rabbi Avraham Marciano, a student of Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzira the Abir Yaakov.
Binding matches the period. A group of pages is detached. Leather corners. Wear and stains, overall good condition.
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