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AARON BEREHIAH, of Modena (Italy, d. 1639). Ma'avar Yabbok (rites and prayers pertaining to the sick and mourning). MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER
[Central or Eastern Europe, 18th century]
4o (200 x 160 mm). 74 + 178 leaves. Brown ink on paper. Various Ashkenazic semi-cursive hands. (Generally somewhat browned, certain sections with ink corrosion, various qualities of paper, recent repairs, particularly in the fold, no noteworthy loss of text.) Modern blind and gold-tooled dark brown morocco, two modern paper flyleaves at back and front.
CONTENTS:
Copied from the Mantua 1626 edition (Vinograd, Thesaurus, p. 466, no. 220). On fol. 1v (fol. 1r is blank) a different hand added a riddle found in the Talmud Yerushalmi, Mo'ed Katan 81c, with an explanation in rhyme inserted after each phrase.
PROVENANCE:
Daniel Itzig (stamped, and signed on fol. 10r).
REFERENCES: Neubauer, no. 122, p. 35; Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, Jerusalem, F 4788.
[Central or Eastern Europe, 18th century]
4o (200 x 160 mm). 74 + 178 leaves. Brown ink on paper. Various Ashkenazic semi-cursive hands. (Generally somewhat browned, certain sections with ink corrosion, various qualities of paper, recent repairs, particularly in the fold, no noteworthy loss of text.) Modern blind and gold-tooled dark brown morocco, two modern paper flyleaves at back and front.
CONTENTS:
Copied from the Mantua 1626 edition (Vinograd, Thesaurus, p. 466, no. 220). On fol. 1v (fol. 1r is blank) a different hand added a riddle found in the Talmud Yerushalmi, Mo'ed Katan 81c, with an explanation in rhyme inserted after each phrase.
PROVENANCE:
Daniel Itzig (stamped, and signed on fol. 10r).
REFERENCES: Neubauer, no. 122, p. 35; Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, Jerusalem, F 4788.