Large Hebrew Leather Scroll

20TH CENTURY A.D.

25 x 97 1/4 in. (577 grams, 63.5 x 247 cm).

A rectangular suede leather manuscript made up from panels sewn along one edge into a long rectangle; sixteen blocks of regular Hebrew script, part of a Torah scroll, including the book of Leviticus.

Provenance

Private collection, UK.

Literature

Cf. Kruger Grossmann, A., ‘A 14/15th Century Parchment Scroll, preservation, continuity and innovation’ in JB, 2001, pp.1-12, about a similar, but more ancient, leather scroll with the book of Esther.

CONDITION

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LOT 1412