Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Manuscript – Yemin Moshe with Additions by Yemenite Torah Scholars – Yemen, 1859 – Illustrated Title Page
Manuscript, Yemin Moshe on the laws of shechitah and terefot, by R. Moshe Ventura, with additions by Yemenite Torah scholars, scribed by R. Shalom son of R. Shlomo Wanneh. Jarana? (Southern Yemen), 1859.
Illustrated title page. Neat Yemenite script.
The work Yemin Moshe (copied from the Amsterdam 1718 edition) occupies the center of the page, surrounded by selections and commentaries by Yemenite Torah scholars, including Roshei Besamim by R. David Mishreqi. The writer also incorporated some of his own glosses.
Title page dated Sunday, 1st Tammuz 1859. Colophon at end of book, stating the place, year and name of scribe.
Selections in various hands at the beginning of the manuscript, including selections and glosses in an unskilled hand.
[3], 73 leaves. 21.5 cm. Overall good–fair condition. Stains. Worming, slightly affecting text. Open tear to title page, not affecting text, repaired with paper. Tears to middle of two leaves, slightly affecting text, repaired with tape. Inscriptions and signatures. New binding.
The present manuscript is documented by Gavra in Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Teiman, I, p. 115.
Exhibition:
• Jüdische Lebenswelten, Katalog, edited by Andreas Nachama and Gereon Sievernich. Berlin, 1991, p. 242, no. 10/62.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.021.