364 Mishneh Torah by the Rambam – Venice, 1550-1551 – Glosses Handwritten by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi
Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, with the Migdal Oz commentary by R. Shem Tov ibn Gaon, with Hagahot Maimoniot. Part II. [Venice: Justinian, 1550-1551].
The book is annotated with dozens of brief glosses and corrections in early Yemenite script, identified by researchers as the handwriting of R. Shalom Shabazi, leading Yemenite Torah scholar.
Incomplete copy: 394-494, 496-534 leaves (lacking: title page and leaves 535-767, [5]). Contains the books Haflaa-Tahara; missing Nezikin-Shoftim. 39 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears. Worming, affecting text, repaired with paper. Large open tears to a few leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Leather binding, damaged.
The handwriting was identified as that of R. Shalom Shabazi by Prof. Aharon Gaimani and Yoel Oshri from the Department of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University (report enclosed).