Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Manuscript - Section of Piskei Riaz and HaAgulot HaRa'yoniot - Italy, 15th/16th Century

Opening: $500
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, comprised of two manuscript fragments written by two different writers, in early Italian script. [Italy, 15th/16th century].
1. Seven handwritten leaves from the book Piskei Riaz by R. Yeshaya di Trani the Younger. These leaves contain the beginning of Tractate Berachot until the middle of chapter II.
2. Nine handwritten leaves from the book HaAgulot HaRa'yoniot by the Arab scholar Al-Batalyawsi, translated by R. Moshe ibn Tibbon (published by Prof. David Kaufmann in Budapest, 1880), from the beginning of the composition until the middle of chapter IV.
Ownership inscription at the top of the first page: "My acquisition, Y.Ch.V." (presumably R. Chaim Yechiel Viterbo (1766-1842), a rabbi of Ancona, author of Yechayu Dagan, VaYechi Od, VaYechi VaYiten).
[7]; [9] leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, dampstains and wear. A few tears. Ink fading in several places. Marginal worming to some leaves, not affecting text. Dark stains in a few places, affecting text in one instance. Rebound with fibrous paper.
Early Manuscripts - 15th and 16th Centuries
Early Manuscripts - 15th and 16th Centuries