The Bible JNS - Jewish News Syndicate SEP 15, 2024
WATCH: 14th century Hebrew Bible sells for $6.7m at auction
“A tour de force of biblical and kabbalistic scholarship and a precious witness to the medieval tradition of Sephardic book art.”
A rare, handsomely illustrated 14th century Hebrew Bible will soon go on public display after being sold at auction for $6.7 million at Sotheby’s New York on Sept. 10.
The Shem Tov Bible is described as “a tour de force of biblical and kabbalistic scholarship and a precious witness to the medieval tradition of Sephardic book art.”
It was completed by Rabbi Shem Tov Ibn Gaon in the northern Spanish city of Soria in 1312.
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