Auction 6 Special and rare items
Nov 22, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
 Yehuda ha-Nasi St 22, Jerusalem
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Special Historical Remnant from the Time of the Rishonim! – Manuscript on Parchment from the 14th Century from ...

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Special Historical Remnant from the Time of the Rishonim! – Manuscript on Parchment from the 14th Century from Sefer Ha'Shorashim by the Radak – An Item Fit for a Museum!
Three ancient handwritten leaves, handwritten on parchment from the time of the Rishonim. A historical item! From these leaves, contemporary Torah scholars had studied.
At that ancient time, many years before the invention of Hebrew printing, religious compositions were copied on to parchment rather than paper, among others because parchment was much more durable. Indeed, due to this, the ancient leaves before us, which are about 700 years old, were preserved! A wonderful thing.
The Rosh, Ba'al Ha'Turim, Abudrahm, Rashbatz, the Ribash and many more – all of them lived and operated in Spain at the time, teaching Torah and writing their well-known compositions. The manuscript before us has "absorbed" the special atmosphere that prevailed then in the Batei Midrash of Spain.
On the ancient parchment before us there is an important copying of a segment of a composition by one of the leading Rishonim – the Radak.
Rabbi David Ben Yosef Kimchi was one of the greatest biblical commentators, his commentary being studied to this day by an infinite number of Jews. He was also known as a Hebrew grammarian who authored the book "Sefer Ha'Michlol" which was first printed in Venice in 1545, a long time after the manuscript before us was written.
The early copying before us was done by an expert scribe in nice Sephardic script. Before us are segments of the second section of "Sefer Ha'Michlol", which is titled "Sefer Ha'Shorashim".
Condition: The condition of the item is typical of leaves that survived in the bindings of ancient books. Flaws and omissions. The leaves are incomplete (their side is cut with significant omission of text). Nevertheless, the ancient item is most impressive!

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