Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections

Manuscript, Works on the Laws of Shechitah – Gibraltar, 19th Century

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Manuscript, works on the laws of shechitah. [Gibraltar?, first half of 19th century].
Cursive Sephardic script. The copyist was presumably R. Shmuel Benjo (disciple of R. Shmuel Conqui, rabbi in the Gibraltar in the first half of the 19th century – see item no. 120), who inscribed his name inside the front board.
The manuscript comprises several works on the laws of shechitah: a work by R. Refael Berdugo, with glosses by his son R. Maimon Berdugo; a ruling by R. Mordechai son of R. Yosef Berdugo; and more.
On p. 15b, illustration of a hand, with a summary of 70 types of terefot. The name of the author is inscribed in the margins: R. Yeshaya Ben Zekri (a Fes Torah scholar in the times of the Yaavetz). On the final page, illustrations of the lungs, spine and trachea.


[17] leaves. 16.5 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains. Detached leaves. Original card binding, detached.


Exhibition:
• Nicht ganz Koscher, Eisenstadt, Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum, 2000.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, AZ.011.005.

Jewry of the Azores and Gibraltar – Manuscripts
Jewry of the Azores and Gibraltar – Manuscripts