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Lot #
25974
Auction End Date
2/16/2010 11:25:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Book of Prose
Title (Hebrew)
שירים
Author
[Ms. - Judeo Persian] Musia b. Amar, scribe
City
Persia
Publication Date
19th cent.
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
89, [1 marked 109], [1 marked 111], [11] ff., 174:106 mm., wide margins, usual light age and use staining, ink on paper, 13 lines per page, beautiful Persian rabbinic block letters with points, signed by scribe, wanting several ff, after f. 89, bound in contemporary leather boards, rubbed.
Detailed
Description
Collection of Biblical prose in Judeo-Persian tafsir with points. The Persian community dates back to Biblical times and has for centuries followed their traditional ways of religious life, not being influenced by external trends and currents. Lacking the printing press these sheltered communities employed scribes to write their religious prayer and study books. Some customs in the prayer rites go back to the prayer book of R. Saadiah Ga'on. From the 16th century on the Kabbalah and especially later its Lurianic school and system found its way to Persia and influenced Jewish literary production in the areas of commentaries to the Bible, prayers, and liturgic poetry. All of this rich history is reflected in this work.
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:
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Location
Other:
Persia
Subject
Other:
Poetry
Characteristic
Language:
Judeo-Persian
Manuscript Type
Kind of Judaica
