Illuminated Hebrew Bible, Manuscript on Vellum, Scribe: Levi ben Aaron Halfan [Florence]: 1489 8vo (8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.;220 x 160 mm). collation: [i]1, 1-510, 68, 7-1010, 118, 12-1510, 1612, 17-2710, 288, 2910, 308, 3114, 32-3310, 3412, 35-4010, 418=409 leaves, written in an Italian square Hebrew script with nikkud, in black ink, ruled in pen, two columns, thirty-five lines to the page, without catchwords, early foliation in ink of 187 leaves of Prophets, some cropped, modern foliation in pencil, sixteenth-century illuminated frontispiece with dual borders, at top a border of naturalistic flora strewn on a ground of liquid gold, at bottom a border of foliage woven with fruits and blossoms and bound with cord, framing a central wreath with family crests per pale encircled by an undulating ribbon of red and blue, suspended from a matching ribbon is a framed inscription denoting the owner's acquisition of the manuscript, with an illuminated title page, with borders of naturalistic flora strewn on a ground of liquid gold, with two songbirds flanking monarch butterfly at the top and coat-of-arms at bottom within a field of red and orange embellished with foliate volutes, on either side within a cartouche and on a field of crimson, a monogram (B-A), all surrounding a monumental illuminated incipit, Bereishit, on a lapis ground embellished with foliated volutes and orange blossoms, beneath which the biblical text ensues; another sixteen illuminated initial word panels on ff. 27r, 50r, 65v, 87r, 107r, 119v, 132v, 164r, 197r, 225v, 248r, 309r, 335v, 344v, 355r, 363r in liquid gold on grounds of varying hues, mostly deep crimsons, blues and purples and embellished with foliated volutes, fifteenth-century decorated initial words on ff. 5v, 7v, 10v, 14r, 58v decorated with fine pen and ink, three in red and one in blue; purple silk guards bound in; some flaking on f.1r, first few leaves lightly stained, crease on f.10, minor buckling f. 387. Early nineteenth-century red velvet over wooden boards, blind-tooled border of Greek key design, silk doublures, gilt and gauffered edges, remains of silver clasps, very nearly separated from text block; lower cover split, upper hinge mended and yet torn, edges and lower joint rubbed, with burgundy buckram four-flap envelope and within a twentieth century red morocco dropbox, gilt titles on spine.
Illuminated Hebrew Bible, Manuscript on Vellum, Scribe: Levi ben Aaron Halfan [Florence]: 1489 8vo (8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.;220 x 160 mm). collation: [i]1, 1-510, 68, 7-1010, 118, 12-1510, 1612, 17-2710, 288, 2910, 308, 3114, 32-3310, 3412, 35-4010, 418=409 leaves, written in an Italian square Hebrew script with nikkud, in black ink, ruled in pen, two columns, thirty-five lines to the page, without catchwords, early foliation in ink of 187 leaves of Prophets, some cropped, modern foliation in pencil, sixteenth-century illuminated frontispiece with dual borders, at top a border of naturalistic flora strewn on a ground of liquid gold, at bottom a border of foliage woven with fruits and blossoms and bound with cord, framing a central wreath with family crests per pale encircled by an undulating ribbon of red and blue, suspended from a matching ribbon is a framed inscription denoting the owner's acquisition of the manuscript, with an illuminated title page, with borders of naturalistic flora strewn on a ground of liquid gold, with two songbirds flanking monarch butterfly at the top and coat-of-arms at bottom within a field of red and orange embellished with foliate volutes, on either side within a cartouche and on a field of crimson, a monogram (B-A), all surrounding a monumental illuminated incipit, Bereishit, on a lapis ground embellished with foliated volutes and orange blossoms, beneath which the biblical text ensues; another sixteen illuminated initial word panels on ff. 27r, 50r, 65v, 87r, 107r, 119v, 132v, 164r, 197r, 225v, 248r, 309r, 335v, 344v, 355r, 363r in liquid gold on grounds of varying hues, mostly deep crimsons, blues and purples and embellished with foliated volutes, fifteenth-century decorated initial words on ff. 5v, 7v, 10v, 14r, 58v decorated with fine pen and ink, three in red and one in blue; purple silk guards bound in; some flaking on f.1r, first few leaves lightly stained, crease on f.10, minor buckling f. 387. Early nineteenth-century red velvet over wooden boards, blind-tooled border of Greek key design, silk doublures, gilt and gauffered edges, remains of silver clasps, very nearly separated from text block; lower cover split, upper hinge mended and yet torn, edges and lower joint rubbed, with burgundy buckram four-flap envelope and within a twentieth century red morocco dropbox, gilt titles on spine.
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