Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Ramban on the Torah, Venice 1545 – Ancient Handwritten Glosses
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Torah commentary, by Rabbi Moshe ben Rabbi Nachman Girondi – the Ramban. [Venice, 1545. Printed by Marco Antonio Justinian].
Hundreds of glosses and various marks in Ashkenazi handwriting [Italian?, from the time of printing , c. 16th century]. Most of the glosses are notes of sources, some explanatory comments. In a gloss on Leaf 33/1, the writer notes a different version in a manuscript he possesses.
More signatures in oriental handwriting: "C. Moshe Shvut-HaLevi" [a Aleppo Torah scholar from the 18th and 19th centuries], “Last redeemer David Chazak”, “David Ye’uda Chazak “.
Incomplete copy: 3-135, 140-141, 144-145 leaves. (Originally, 156, [1] leaves). Approximately 30 cm. Fair condition, wear and fungus damages. Several leaves have damages and tears. Detached leaves, unbound.
Hundreds of glosses and various marks in Ashkenazi handwriting [Italian?, from the time of printing , c. 16th century]. Most of the glosses are notes of sources, some explanatory comments. In a gloss on Leaf 33/1, the writer notes a different version in a manuscript he possesses.
More signatures in oriental handwriting: "C. Moshe Shvut-HaLevi" [a Aleppo Torah scholar from the 18th and 19th centuries], “Last redeemer David Chazak”, “David Ye’uda Chazak “.
Incomplete copy: 3-135, 140-141, 144-145 leaves. (Originally, 156, [1] leaves). Approximately 30 cm. Fair condition, wear and fungus damages. Several leaves have damages and tears. Detached leaves, unbound.
Handwritten Glosses
Handwritten Glosses