Torah- Manuscript Scroll, Exodus, Morocco - 17th century
Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. You are bidding on a section of an ancient Manuscript hand-written Torah Scroll Fragment in the Original Hebrew Language on Deer Parchment. This hand-written fragment is over 350 years old and made from Deer skin. This Scroll came from Morocco, it is prized for its beauty of its soft deer parchment and its writing. The scroll has a beautiful warm Brownish Orange color, this color is due to the process used in making the scroll, this process ages to a deeper color over the centuries. Scrolls like these are extremely rare and seldom seen in synagogues due to age and is important for its rarity of the earliest examples of the Moroccan tradition of the Hebrew writings of the Bible. Small patch on the bottom edge which does not effect the importance of this fragment. The Torah Scroll considering its age is preserved and in good condition and will stay beautiful with care for centuries to come. This is your opportunity to own a Torah Bible fragment as a family heirloom.The piece measures approx. 54.5 cm x 16 cm Section Covers: Instructions For A census - The Incense Altar - God make His Presence Felt Among The Israelites, and Will Be A God for Them. Read more