LONZANO, Menahem ben Judah (1550-c. 1624). Omer Man (commentary on the Idra Zuta and Sifra di-Tseni'uta from the Zohar). MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER
LONZANO, Menahem ben Judah (1550-c. 1624). Omer Man (commentary on the Idra Zuta and Sifra di-Tseni'uta from the Zohar). MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER

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LONZANO, Menahem ben Judah (1550-c. 1624). Omer Man (commentary on the Idra Zuta and Sifra di-Tseni'uta from the Zohar). MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER

[Central or Eastern Europe, 18th century]

4o (210 x 160 mm). 97 + [1 blank] + 13 + [2 blank] leaves. Brown ink. Ashkenazic semi-cursive script. (Browned and soiled.) Modern blind and gold-tooled light brown morocco, two modern paper flyleaves at back and front (misnumbered 116 on the spine, due to a mix-up with the actual no. 116, containing the same text, during the recent binding).

CONTENTS:
Published in Vilna in 1883. With glosses by Jacob Zemah. Followed (on 13 unnumbered leaves) by Gedaliah Halevi's Derushei ha-Melakhim she-Metu on transmigration of souls (published in Jacob Zemah's Kol be-Ramah, Korets 1785; Vinograd, Thesaurus, p. 600, no. 58) and a similar work by Isaac Luria.

PROVENANCE:
1. R. Aryeh Loeb [Lowenstamm] of Amsterdam who gave the manuscript as a present to his son Zevi Hirsh [Levin].
2. Various other owner's inscriptions.

REFERENCES: Neubauer, no. 115, p. 33; Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, Jerusalem, F 4780.
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