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Bidding Information
Lot #    7920
Auction End Date    9/21/2004 10:14:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Commentary on Pirkei Avot
Title (Hebrew)    פירוש על מסכת אבות
Author    [Ms. - Avot]
City    [Persia]
Publication Date    c. 1750
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [132, 25] ff., 145:90 mm., edges frayed, wide margins, age and damp staining, f. 39 with loss, ink on paper, loose in contemporary leather boards, stained.
          
Detailed
Description		    Commentary on Avot in Judeo-Persian. The manuscript gives the text of the mishne with pronunciation symbols followed by the commentary in two columns. The Author's name is not provided. Final 25 ff. contain Azahorot of R. Eliezer b. David ibn Paquda with line by line translation in two columns, lacking at end.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
  
18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Persia
  
Subject
Other:    Avot
  
Characteristic
Language:    Judeo-Persian
  
Manuscript Type
Other:    Book
  
Kind of Judaica