Illustrated manuscript on parchment!
Sod Hashem. Europe, Early 18th Century
A beautifully illustrated manuscript on parchment inscribed with impressive calligraphy. Each illustration is a work of art and enhanced with decorative elements such as leaves, flowers, birds and animals.
The manuscript opens with a striking title page featuring miniature images of characters from Tanach including Avraham Avinu, Yaakov Avinu, Moshe Rabbeinu and Dovid Hamelech playing on his harp and herding his flock of sheep.
Content: Order of Prayers for the Day of a Bris Milah; Order of Blessings for a Bris Milah; Birkas Hamazon; Order of Pidyon Ha’ben; and assorted customs and segulos by Rabbi David Lida, Av Beis Din of Amsterdam.
List of illustrations in manuscript:
1. Mohel’s prayer before the bris (leaf 4a)
2. Kisei shel Eliyahu (leaf 5b)
3. Infant lying on the knees of a sandak, surrounded by the mohel and family (leaf 6a)
4. Order of Blessings (leaf 6b)
5. Mother of infant in bed beside her infant son in a cradle (leaf 7b)
6. Bris seudah (leaf 8a)
In the 18th century, the art of illustrating manuscripts on parchments resurfaced for a period of time in Germany. The present manuscript clearly represents this school of art which spans both artistic calligraphy and exceptional illustrations, all executed to perfection.
Both the sefer and title page text are excerpted from the sefer Sod Hashem (Amsterdam, 1709).
Europe, early 18th century. Parchment manuscript.
Pages: [14] leaves + [26] blank leaves.
Page Size: 10.5×14 cm.
Condition: Good. Original leather binding.
Provenance: Yechezkel Toporowitch Collection
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