Auction 94 Part 1 Important Items from the Gross Family Collection
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Manuscript, piyyutim and songs. [Kurdistan, ca. 19th century].
Tall, narrow format. Most pages of text are set in a colorful border (watercolor), comprised of dozens of different vegetal and geometric designs. Colorful illustrations of flowers, large birds, floral bouquets or stylized medallions at the end of some piyyutim; some piyyutim with ornamented headings.
Includes: piyyutim by various poets, mostly from Sephardic lands; poems and passages in Kurdish and Persian; piyyutim for Shabbat and festivals; notes, blessings, tales; poems by emissaries from Eretz Israel, including a piyyut in honor of the Senna (Sanandaj) community (in Persian Kurdistan), and more (see Hebrew description for detailed list of piyyutim).
The songs were written for Sasson son of R. Shlomo, and the latter's signatures appear in several places (including a calligraphic signature). Stamps of Rachamim son of Sasson.
Some piyyutim have a heading with the name of the author or its function, such as: "By R. Eliyah for Shabbat", "By R. Shmuel for Shabbat Shirah", "By R. Yisrael, 7th day of Passover", and more.
[79] leaves. Incomplete manuscript. Leaves rebound out of sequence (from leaf 37 onwards), some upside down. Approx. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Marginal open tears, occasionally affecting text or border, repaired with paper. Several leaves with large open tears affecting text (some leaves mostly lacking). New binding.
Reference and exhibitions:
1. Light and Shadows: the Story of Iran and the Jews. Tel Aviv, Beit Hatfutsot, 2010 (Hebrew).
2. Syiur Selichot, by Mishael Vaknin. Tel Aviv, 2023 (Hebrew).
3. The Jews of Kurdistan: Daily Life, Customs, Arts and Crafts, by Ora Schwartz-Be'eri. Jerusalem, the Israel Museum, 2000.
4. Only on Paper, Six Centuries of Judaica from the Gross Family Collection. Chicago, Columbia College, 2005.
5. Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews, edited by David Yeroushalmi. Los Angeles, Fowler Museum at UCLA / Tel Aviv, Beit Hatfutsot, 2012.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, KU.011.006.
![Decorated manuscript, anthology of works in Aramaic and Judeo-Persian. [Kurdistan, or somewhere else in the Persian region],](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/94a/27_1.jpg "Decorated Manuscript, Works in Aramaic and Judeo-Persian – Kurdistan,")
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Decorated manuscript, anthology of works in Aramaic and Judeo-Persian. [Kurdistan, or somewhere else in the Persian region], 1860.
Persian-Oriental script. All the pages are framed, including many pages decorated in color with text frames and fine floral decoration. The scribe's colophon "the young Moshe" (in one place: "the young and small Moshe son of Chaim"), with the year of writing "1860", in many places (usually at the ends of the works). His calligraphic signature appears on one of the decorated pages: "Moshe son of R. Chaim". In several places he writes: "I wrote for Chaim son of R. Aga, 1860".
The anthology comprises the following works: A Hebrew translation of the Aramaic "Second Targum" on Esther; Targum Yonatan in Aramaic on the Song of the Sea; the Aramaic Targum on Song of Songs; a Persian tafsir of the Aramaic Targum on Song of Songs; Targum of the Ten Commandments, an expanded Aramaic Targum; a retelling of Megillat Esther in Persian verse; "Targum Hikavtzu for Shabbat", a Neo-Judeo-Aramaic Targum of R. Yehuda HaLevi's piyyut "Gather [hikavtzu] and listen, sons of Jacob"; Tafsir of the Binding of Isaac for the morning service – a Neo-Judeo-Aramaic piyyut by R. Mordechai son of Nissan Sardasht; a recounting of Moses' passing in Aramaic, preceded by a Reshut for Simchat Torah, with the poem "None rose as great as Moses; none rose as choice as Moses"; prayer for rain for Shemini Atzeret; prayer for dew for the first day of Pesach; Aramaic Targum on Megillat Ruth.
[152] leaves. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains, ink stains and dark stains (affecting text in several places). Tears and wear to margins. Open tears to first leaf, affecting text, repaired with tape. Inscriptions. New binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, KU.011.008.