Monday, November 9th, 2009...2:16 pm
730-year-old Torah scroll @ Sotheby’s
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“The oldest complete Spanish Torah scroll will be up for sale at Sotheby’s Judaica auction on November 24. The scroll, the only Spanish Torah to include the kabbalistic traditions of curved letters, has an estimated worth of $300,000-$500,000.
The scroll is written in typical 13th-to-14th century Central Northern Spanish style Hebrew script. Reisman points specifically to the narrow “peh” and the left legs of the letters “kuf” and “hey,” which touch the horizontal stroke. Scholars are especially interested in unique tagin, or crowns, set in the Spanish scroll. These tagin have never been found in other scrolls.”
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