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This item was withdrawn from the auction and was purchased by the Israel Museum with the assistance of Kedem Auction House. Illuminated Manuscript, Sefer Evronot and Tikkun Shetarot – Amsterdam, 1658-1660 – Numerous Impressive Color Illustrations
Manuscript, Sefer Evronot, with Sefer Tikkun Shetarot. [Amsterdam], 1658-1660.
Neat Ashkenazic cursive script, with headers in square and calligraphic script. On p. 41a, colophon of the scribe and illustrator, within an illustrated shield flanked by lions: "Eliyahu son of R. Eliezer of Amsterdam, of the Kotnim family".
An impressive manuscript on paper. Many detailed color illustrations throughout: Biblical scenes, human figures in contemporary dress; animals, birds, zodiacs, angels and various objects; castles and urban European landscapes, towers with flags; duel and hunting scenes; architectural frames, stylized charts, and various decorations.
Among the illustrations: Rabban Gamliel and the Sages sanctifying the new moon; Moses praying on Mount Sinai, with the people at the foot of the mountain; The Binding of Isaac; Elijah and the Messiah riding on a donkey at the gates of Jerusalem; Jacob's dream; and more. A large illustration covering the entire last page depicts a forest with hunting dogs, birds, a deer and two hunters, one of them carrying a rifle and a horn.
Some of the figures are captioned with later inscriptions, bearing their "names", including: "Yozpa son of R. Falk, caretaker of vermin" (p. 33b), "Mrs. Teltze with her husband R. Yaakov Gintza" (p. 51a), "Mada[m] Yekkelbach" (p. 55b), "Yekkelbach" (p. 57b).
On fol. 28 is affixed a rotating paper wheel for calculation of tekufot (another detached wheel is found between the leaves). On fol. 24 appears a folding chart.
The volume includes: Sefer Evronot – 61 leaves; Sefer Tikkun Shetarot – 27 leaves. Separate title page for the latter, hand-illustrated to resemble an engraved title page. Sefer Evronot features the dates 1658-1659 (e.g. in p. 5a and many other places: "at this time in the [Hebrew] year 5418". On p. 49a: "And now we are standing in the year 5419 of the sixth millennium, thus from the destruction of the Second Temple until now one thousand and five thousand and ninety-one years". On the title page of Tikkun Shetarot, appears the year 5420 (1659-1660).
The Kotnim (Kottenheim) Family in Amsterdam
One member of this family, perhaps the grandson of the scribe of the present manuscript, was R. Asher Anshel son of Eliezer Chazzan Kotnim, who managed an Amsterdam press which printed several books in the years 1691-1713.
On fol. 1 and on the preceding endpaper appear ownership inscriptions of a descendant of the scribe: "Today, Wednesday, 6th Kislev… 1799… Shlomo son of R. Yosef Leizer son of R. Efraim… of the Kotnim family"; "For remembrance, from my forefathers' legacy… and the legacy of my brother R. Efraim who passed away… 1769…"; "This book was given to me by my father Yosef Leizer son of R. Efraim as a gift in 1772, Efraim son of R. Yosef Leizer".
Later ownership inscription on front endpaper: "This book of tekufot and mazalot… was presented to me as a gift by… R. Shimon Frankfort. Eliezer son of R. Shimon Frankfort, here in Meppel [the Netherlands], 1844".
61 leaves; [27] leaves (and a few blank leaves). Height: 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear. Fading of ink and defects to several leaves. Contemporary parchment binding, restored, with modern ties.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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