Two manuscripts from Morocco:

• Manuscript comprising copying of two books. Ksar el-Kebir, Morocco, 1711.

Western script. Copying of two printed works. On pp. 1a-143b: Sefer HaMusar by R. Yehudah Alkhalatz (first printed in Constantinople, 1537, and thereafter in Mantua 1561 and Cracow 1598). On pp. 144a-157a: Part of first page of Amudeha Shivah by R. Betzalel Shlomo of Kobryn (first printed in Lublin, 1666, and thereafter in Prague 1674 and Dyhernfurth 1693). On last page, colophon of writer: "…I copied it in 1711 here in Ksar [el]-Kebir…".

157 leaves. 17.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear and tears. Worming, affecting text on several leaves.

• Manuscript, kinot by the Yaavetz and other Moroccan rabbis. [Morocco, 18th/19th century]. Comprised of gatherings written by several scribes. Also includes Qissat Hannah, haftarah for Tishah BeAv (with Judeo-Arabic translation) and more.

61 leaves (incomplete). Approx. 15 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of mold. Wear and tears, affecting text of some leaves.

Both manuscripts are bound together, with a slipcase.

Provenance:

1. Abensour Family Collection, Fez, Morocco.

2. Victor Klagsbald Collection – Morocco, nos. 22, 23.

Reference: Victor Klagsbald, Catalogue des manuscrits marocains de la collection Klagsbald, Paris, 1980, pp. 49-51.