Tikkun be-erew rosch chodesch (Prayers for the celebration on the evening before the beginning of the new moon)
Description
This thin little book with a gilt embossed leather binding contains
the prayers for the celebration on the evening before the new moon;
it was commissioned by Elieser (Lazarus) von Geldern in Vienna.
Following convention, the title page shows Moses and Aaron. The
writer and illustrator Nathan ben Simson from Meseritsch (Velké
Meziříčí) in Moravia was among the most prominent artists of
illustrated Hebrew manuscripts in the first half of the 18th
century. Between 1723 and 1739, he created at least 23 such works.
