Parchment Shir HaShirim scroll, miniature with colorful decorations. [Israel, ca. 1950].

Ink and paint on parchment.

Shir HaShirim scroll written on one parchment sheets, in 8 text columns, usually 26 lines of text per column.

Decorated throughout with color and gilt illustrations. Each text column flanked by a pair of large pillars topped by pointed multifoil arches. Vine and flower decorations on upper and bottom margins, and various figurative decorations at tops of columns (some representing symbols of the twelve tribes).

Height of parchment: 8.5 cm. Length of scroll: 58.5 cm. Overall good condition. At beginning of scroll, punctures and creases, apparently due to a former connection to a case or handle.

See also two previous lots.

Provenance:

1. Oscar and Regina Gruss, New York.

2. Heirs of the above.