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Bidding Information
Lot #    22509
Auction End Date    1/20/2009 10:01:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Book of hymns, liturgies, and poetry
Title (Hebrew)    פיוטים ובקשות
Author    [Ms.] Rahmim Halevi
City    North Africa
Publication Date    19th cent.
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    159 pp., 180:115 mm., light age staining, ink on quality paper, neat block letters, signed on final, bound in contemporary leather and marbled paper boards, rubbed.
          
Detailed
Description		    A beautiful book of hymns, liturgies, and poetry in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic by a North African scribe. The final page contains an ownership attribution of Makhlouf Busiba, the financier of the work. The work concentrates on the Sabbath liturgies but includes other holidays and occasions as well.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    North Africa
  
Subject
Liturgy:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
  
Manuscript Type
Other:    Liturgy
  
Kind of Judaica