Medieval Jewish prayerbook sells for near-record $8.3 million
The item, which was sold to an unnamed private buyer, comes out of the collection of the Alliance Israélite Universelle.
A 1,200-year-old Jewish prayer book, or siddur, is displayed at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, 2014(photo credit: NOAM REVKIN FENTON/FLASH90)ByASAF SHALEV/JTA
