Inscribed endpaper : [Międzyrzecz and Wolsztyn, Poland], [1816-1825?].
דף-מגן נרשם : [מעזריטש-וואלשטיין, פולין],

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Grieffenhagen, Lion Fischel.

Contributor:

Yiśraʼel ben Mosheh, of Międzyrzecz, former owner.

Landesberg, Isral, former owner.

Lamm, Louis, 1871-1943, former owner.

ישראל בן משה, ממזריטש.

לנדסברג, ישראל.

Language:

German

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews.

History.

Rabbis.

Books--Provenance.

Poland--Wolsztyn.

Poland--Międzyrzecz.

Books--Provenance--Specimens.

Books.

Jews--Autographs.

Rabbis--Autographs.

Jews--Poland--Międzyrzecz--19th century--History--Sources.

Jews--Poland--Wolsztyn--19th century--History--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Autographs.

Specimens.

Autographs (manuscripts)

Signatures (names)

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 121 (May 20, 2020) lot 403.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 230 x 190 mm

Contained In:

Contained in: Louis Lamm collection of inscribed endpapers.

Place of Publication:

[1816-1825?].

[תקע"ז-תקפ"ה?].

Language Note:

In Hebrew; one inscription in German (recto).

Summary:

This is a manuscript written originally on the endpaper of a volume of Afiḳe Yehudah (a book of sermons written by Judah Leib Edil (1757-1858), a preacher in Slonym, Belarus; it is unclear which edition of the book this manuscript originated from); initial ownership inscription of Yiśraʼel ben Mosheh of Meseritz (today Międzyrzecz near Poznan), his inscription in fading ink (recto); purchase inscription of "Leṿi ben Yeḥiʼel of Wollstein", Sunday 19 Heshvan 5577 (November 10, 1816; verso), who inscribes in German on verso as "Lion Fischel Grieffenhagen aus Wollstein" (Wollstein is today Wolsztyn, Poland; Grieffenhagen is the former name of Gryfino, Poland, near Szczecin). Grieffenhagen's inscription is to a Rabbi Isral Landesberg in Zaraizawa (?) bai Gorz (Gorz is Gorzów near Chełmek); it is likely that Grieffenhagen was an ancestor of Max Samuel Grifenhagen (New York alderman and registrar, entrepreneur; 1861-1932), whose father Benjamin William Grifenhagen immigrated from Wolsztyn to Chicago around 1850. Yiśraʼel ben Mosheh of Meseritz inscription in three lines in an Ashkenazic cursive script (recto); Lion Grieffenhagen Hebrew purchase inscriptions in two lines (verso) and German inscription to Isral Landesberg in five lines (recto).

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 558m.

OCLC:

1319859130