Manuscript of laws and customs of shechita, according to the "customs handed down to us by our first rabbis who were exiled from Castile". Added to the end of the manuscript: Halachic novellae, semichot for shechita, letters, etc. Debdou (North-Eastern Morocco), 1913. Title page with colorful ornamentations.
The scribe's signatures appear on the title page and on the colophons on page 58/a: R. "Avraham son of Yosef Mortziano" of Debdou, who also signed "Ish Ne'eman" (page 58/a).
On the leave preceding Leaf 1: copy of the "version of semicha for disciples who are beginning to perform shechita rites arranged by R. Masud Abuchatzira".
On leaf 64: semicha for a shochet (from 1947) signed by R. Yehuda son of Soosan, with an authorization signed by R. Maimon of Yaira who confirms R. Yehuda's proficiency in the area of shechita and testing shochtim and an authorization of the rabbis of Debdou, R. Shlomo HaCohen, R. Elazar HaCohen Zaguri and R. Zion son of Denan. On leaves 60-61 are copies of flowery polemic epistles written by the Ya'avetz [R. Ya'akov Ibn-Tzur] to R. S. Azovi. On Leaves 66-70 is an assortment of letter copies (some signed) written by R. Yehuda Ben Soosan.
[6], 1-136 leaves + single written leaves (many leaves are blank - total of more than 150 written leaves). 26 cm. Brittle paper. Condition varies, good to fair. Detached leaves. Folk binding.