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SHEM TOV BEN SHEM TOV (Spain, 1380-1440). Sefer ha-Emunot (anti-rationalist treatise on philosophy). MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER
[Italy, 15th-16th century]
4o (170 x 125 mm). 164 + [1 blank] leaves (apparently imperfect at the beginning, see contents). Brown ink. Italian semi-cursive script. (Some staining, a few corners damaged and neatly repaired at the beginning, otherwise excellent condition.) Modern blind and gold-tooled brown morocco, blue paste-patterned edges, two modern paper flyleaves at back and front, two additional older flyleaves preserved at the front.
CONTENTS:
Published in Ferrara in 1556 (Vinograd, Thesaurus, p. 531, no. 37). Introduction and beginning of text missing. Letters spelling the names Moses and Shabbetai were pointed out in the text, possibly indicating the name of the scribe (Moses Shabbetai or Moses ben Shabbetai?).
PROVENANCE:
Censor: Camillo Jaghel 1619.
REFERENCES: Neubauer, no. 74, p. 25; Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, Jerusalem, F 4739; C. Sirat, A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages (Cambridge 1985) p. 346.
[Italy, 15th-16th century]
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CONTENTS:
Published in Ferrara in 1556 (Vinograd, Thesaurus, p. 531, no. 37). Introduction and beginning of text missing. Letters spelling the names Moses and Shabbetai were pointed out in the text, possibly indicating the name of the scribe (Moses Shabbetai or Moses ben Shabbetai?).
PROVENANCE:
Censor: Camillo Jaghel 1619.
REFERENCES: Neubauer, no. 74, p. 25; Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, Jerusalem, F 4739; C. Sirat, A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages (Cambridge 1985) p. 346.