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Illustrated Manuscript – Songs for a Brit Milah – Italy, 19th Century - Illustrated manuscript, songs for a Brit Milah (circumcision). [Italy?, 19th century]. Title page illustrated in color, featuring in its lower part an illustration of a landscape with a fortified city in the center, with the inscription: ”May the All-Merciful One send us Eliyahu HaNavi…”. On the verso of the title page, illustration of a circumcision tool, with the inscription: ”Baruch HaBa”. The pages of the manuscript are decorated with leaves and flowers. Comprises various songs for a Brit Milah, including several which are not listed in Davidson's Thesaurus of Mediaeval Hebrew Poetry. Ink on paper. [10] leaves. 13 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (including dark dampstains). Worming, affecting text. Old card binding, with damage. Provenance: 1. The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, Ms. 361. 2. Private collection.