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Auction archive: Lot number 112

Miniature Torah scroll

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$8,750
Auction archive: Lot number 112

Miniature Torah scroll

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$8,750
Beschreibung:

Miniature Torah scroll Manuscript scroll (Height of parchment: 4 1/4 in.; 107 mm:: Height of text: 3 1/8 in.; 80 mm). Written in ink on parchment, in "Beit Yosef" script (generally used by those following Ashkenazi tradition, from Germany, England, Russia, and Lithuania); 42 lines; 240 columns on 48 membranes, sewn with gidin, several starting; written by two scribes. A few scribal text repairs;some ink fading; worn as expected. Mounted on brass rollers with knob finials; green, peach and white brocade mantle, worn; matching binder.

Auction archive: Lot number 112
Auction:
Datum:
15 Dec 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Miniature Torah scroll Manuscript scroll (Height of parchment: 4 1/4 in.; 107 mm:: Height of text: 3 1/8 in.; 80 mm). Written in ink on parchment, in "Beit Yosef" script (generally used by those following Ashkenazi tradition, from Germany, England, Russia, and Lithuania); 42 lines; 240 columns on 48 membranes, sewn with gidin, several starting; written by two scribes. A few scribal text repairs;some ink fading; worn as expected. Mounted on brass rollers with knob finials; green, peach and white brocade mantle, worn; matching binder.

Auction archive: Lot number 112
Auction:
Datum:
15 Dec 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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