Obj. ID: 49803
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts  Kabbalistic manuscript, Yemen, circa 1800

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

There exist very large quantities of Yemenite manuscripts. As Hebrew printing was not available in Yemen until the late 19th century, books either had to be imported, which was difficult and expensive, or were copied by hand. Many of these manuscripts deal with the subject of Kabbalah. This is a page from such a manuscript and shows a colorfully decorated rendition of the ten sefirot.