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LOT 210:
Collection of Manuscript Fragments from a "Binding Geniza"
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Collection of Manuscript Fragments from a "Binding Geniza"
Collection of early leaf fragments of manuscripts, from a "binding geniza" (from the same binding). The collection includes: • Leaves from a manuscript of Zohar. Semi-cursive Sephardic script, [ca. 17th/18th century]. • Leaves from a manuscript of an unidentified composition, Midrashim and novellae on Yeshaya, chapter 54. • A fragment of a letter addressed to "the noted dayan" R. Saadia Ben Amor and to "the dear, honorable philanthropist… Masoud Abdoun…". • Leaf containing a list of dozens of names. The following surnames are mentioned, among others: Azoulay, Ben Hamu, Ben Chaim, Sebaoun, Sultan, Shetrit, Abbou. • Fragment of a legal document or a ruling on monetary laws. Mentions: "Avraham… bar Shalom…". • Other leaf fragments. Approx. 11 leaves and leaf fragments. Size varies. Extent of damage varies, including tears and severe damage, affecting text. Enclosed: printed leaves of the book VeZot LiYehuda by R. Yehuda Ayash, Sulzbach 1776, presumably retrieved from the same binding.

