Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Handwritten leaf, ruling issued by the Beit Din of Constantinople, regarding the halachic validity of the mikvah, signed by leading rabbis of Constantinople. Constantinople, Tevet 1866/7.
Neat Sephardic script, written by a scribe, with the calligraphic signatures of the rabbis of Constantinople.
The rabbis prohibit immersing in the mikvah in Plovdiv, due to various failings, contrary to the opinion of the local rabbi. The ruling is signed by R. Meir Yaish (d. 1888, dayan and later chief rabbi of Constantinople), R. Rachamim Moshe Chaim and others, and is followed by an approbation signed by additional rabbis, such as R. Nissim Yaakov son of R. David (Chacham Bashi from 1841), R. Yaakov Avigdor (Chacham Bashi in Constantinople, and later chief rabbi), R. Yosef Alfandari (d. 1867, leading rabbi in Constantinople).
Additional approbation on the verso, signed by the Chacham Bashi of Constantinople, R. Yakir Gueron, with his stamp.
[1] leaf. 34 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears (slightly affecting text). Folding mark.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.048.
![Manuscript, amulets, hashbaot and segulot. [Turkey?, 18th/19th century].Cursive Sephardic (Oriental) script, in various hands](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/80_1.jpg "Manuscript, Segulot, Amulet Texts and Incantation Bowls Against Demons")
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![Manuscript, amulets, hashbaot and segulot. [Turkey?, 18th/19th century].Cursive Sephardic (Oriental) script, in various hands](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/80_3.jpg "Manuscript, Segulot, Amulet Texts and Incantation Bowls Against Demons")
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Manuscript, amulets, hashbaot and segulot. [Turkey?, 18th/19th century].
Cursive Sephardic (Oriental) script, in various hands. Tables, kabbalistic illustrations and Angelic script.
Includes segulot and amulets for various matters: for difficult labor, for conceiving, for headaches, evil eye, love, and more. The manuscript also comprises a diverse collection of amulets and hashbaot against demons, including many texts of incantations bowls.
[105] leaves. Leaves bound out of sequence; manuscript incomplete. 17 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains (including red ink stains). Tears and wear, affecting text in several places. New binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, OT.011.021.
![Manuscript, Zivchei Shelamim, by R. Yehuda Diwan. [Turkey?, 1825].Oriental script. Colorful, illustrated title page. Colorful](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/81_1.jpg "Illustrated Manuscript – Zivchei Shelamim – Ottoman Empire, 1825")
![Manuscript, Zivchei Shelamim, by R. Yehuda Diwan. [Turkey?, 1825].Oriental script. Colorful, illustrated title page. Colorful](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/81_2.jpg "Illustrated Manuscript – Zivchei Shelamim – Ottoman Empire, 1825")
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Manuscript, Zivchei Shelamim, by R. Yehuda Diwan. [Turkey?, 1825].
Oriental script. Colorful, illustrated title page. Colorful ornament at the end of the foreword (vases with flowers), and other ornaments at the beginning and end of the work.
Fully copied from the printed edition, including title page text, with the addition of the copyist's name and year of scribing – 1825.
32 leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and marginal singeing. Worming. Minor marginal tears to some leaves. Red edges. New leather binding.
Exhibition:
• The Sephardic journey, 1492–1992. New York, Yeshiva University Museum, c1992, p. 225, no. 132.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, OT.011.001.
![Manuscript, anthology of works pertaining to tekufot, moladot and zodiacs. [Turkey?, 17th/18th century].Neat Sephardic script](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/82_1.jpg "Manuscript, Tekufot, Moladot and Zodiacs – Diagrams and Illustrations")
![Manuscript, anthology of works pertaining to tekufot, moladot and zodiacs. [Turkey?, 17th/18th century].Neat Sephardic script](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/82_2.jpg "Manuscript, Tekufot, Moladot and Zodiacs – Diagrams and Illustrations")
Manuscript, anthology of works pertaining to tekufot, moladot and zodiacs. [Turkey?, 17th/18th century].
Neat Sephardic script (semi–cursive and cursive). Black ink, with touches of gold. Includes diagrams, circular diagrams, and tables.
See Hebrew description for more details on the contents of the manuscript.
[23] leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Some worming. Tiny marginal tears, repaired in part with paper. Inscriptions. New binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, OT.011.006.