Lot 333
Glosses and Manuscript from Yemen, on Sefer Ha-Zikaron – Ferrera, 1555
Sefer Ha-Zikaron, Dinim Vehalachot Lefi Seder Ha-Talmud, by Rabbi Yishmael Ha-Cohen [Tanuji of Tunisia]. Ferrera, 1555. First Edition.
Ownership signature in Yemenite handwriting: "[Yehudah?] Ben David Katz". On one of the documents found in the book appears an ink stamp of Yossef son of David Ha-Cohen.
Tens of glosses handwritten by Yemenite scholars, of different periods. Comments and scholarly arguments as well as comparisons to Rambam and Shulchan Aruch. Contents of comments proves that writers [in particular the earliest one] were extraordinary scholars with exceptional proficiency in the four parts of Shulchan Aruch.
Additional leaves were bound preceding and following the book, where writers added comments and rules. Novellae, amulets and lithurgic verses as well as a letter and other documents were found amongst the book's leaves.
18cm. Leaves missing throughout. Poor condition, tough moth and usage damages. Some comments chopped [mainly those in very ancient handwriting]. Brown leather binding in Yemenite style, damaged.
Rare. (In 1974 London edition, publisher Rabbi Shraga Djelovsky states that "this book is rare and found only in important libraries since most of the edition was obliterated when Jewish books were burnt and only a few copies remained").
