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Decorated Manuscript – Pri Etz Chaim, Shaar HaShabbat VeYom Tov – Russia-Poland, 1764 – Decorated Title Page, Kabbalistic Illustrations
Manuscript, Pri Etz Chaim, Part II – Shaar HaShabbat VeYom Tov, comprising kavanot for Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and festivals. By the Arizal, edited by his disciple R. Chaim Vital. [Russia-Poland, 1764].
Decorated title page, with book title – Pri Etz Chaim, Shaar HaShabbat VeYom Tov, Part II, and chronogram indicating the year 1764.
Neat, organized Ashkenazi script (typical of Ukrainian manuscripts from the early years of the Chassidic movement and the study of kabbalah). Decorated headings and initial words. Illustrations in various places: in Shaar Leil Shabbat (p. 33b), illustration of "the bread arranged on the table"; in Shaar Leil Hoshana Rabba (p. 114a), illustration for the kavanot of Hakafot; other ornaments.
[1], 122, [1] leaves. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (including dampstains and mold stains). Some wear. Tears and worming. Several reinforcements with paper. Old, gilt-decorated binding, with leather corners and spine (somewhat torn and rubbed).
Provenance:
1. Rae and Joseph Gann Library at Hebrew College Newton Centre, MA USA, Ms. 20 (early stamps of the library appear on several pages).
2. The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, EE.011.028.
