Bidspirit auction | CHANANIAH OF MONCELICE. Pirkei Shirah

CHANANIAH OF MONCELICE. Pirkei Shirah [extensive commentary to this liturgical poem]. FIRST EDITION. ff. 4, 204. Few stains, title laid down. Modern calf-backed boards. 4to. Vinograd, Mantua 235. Mantua, (Joshua of Perugia) 1661. Perek Shirah is an ancient composition thought to be part of the corpus of second-century Hechalot literature. All creation (except man) is represented: The natural and supernatural orders, inanimate nature, plants and animals, the heavens and all their hosts, even Paradise and Gehinom. Each entity sings hymns and is assigned a verse from the Bible, all in praise of the Creator.