Auction 77
Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
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Mar 15, 2021
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LOT 198:
Chochmat HaMishkan – Mantua, 1676 – Signature of Rabbi Avraham Chai Mussafia
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Chochmat HaMishkan – Mantua, 1676 – Signature of Rabbi Avraham Chai Mussafia
Chochmat HaMishkan, description of the Tabernacle, its furnishings and the priestly clothes, by R. Yosef Riqueti. Mantua, [1676]. Only edition.
The author, R. Yosef Riqueti, was a talented artist who worked as copyist, scribe and painter. Born in Italy, he immigrated to Safed in his youth, later returning to Italy as emissary of Safed.
The final page of this book contains an index for 18 illustrations of each of the Tabernacle vessels and priestly clothes. The planned illustrations were never produced.
Signature of R. Avraham Chai Mussafia, Torah scholar of Turkey and Jerusalem, author of Tehillah LeDavid on Tehillim.
9, [3] leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Handwritten inscriptions. Fine, new leather binding.
