Auction 40
Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Sep 3, 2014
(Your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 37:
A Large Handwritten Wall Calendar – Cochin, 1880
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Sold for: $250
Start price:
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250
Auction house commission:
23%
VAT: On commission only
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Handwritten leaf – calendar for 1881. Cochin (India), [1880].
Wall calendar. Partially missing. At the top of the leaf is a list of dates including dates distinctive for Indian Jews: "373 to Portugal coming to Cochin", "366 to the Shingili expulsion", "to the coming of Olandia to Cochin", "to the coming of the English to Cochin" "to the building of the synagogue", etc.
60 cm. Fair-poor condition. Tears with lack and damage to text [restored with paper]. Stains, moisture marks and wear.
