Kitzur Mordechai V’Simanav [abridgment of Sepher Mordechai]. Prepared by Joshua Boaz Baruch.
AUCTION 79 |
Thursday, November 15th,
2018 at 1:00 PM
The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 105
MORDECHAI BEN HILLEL ASCHKENAZI)
Kitzur Mordechai V’Simanav [abridgment of Sepher Mordechai]. Prepared by Joshua Boaz Baruch.
Cremona: Vicenzo Conti 1557
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
R. Mordechai ben Hillel Hakohen (1240? -1298) was the outstanding disciple of R. Meir (MaHaRa’M) of Rothenburg. His compendium, arranged according to the Tractates of the Talmud, is a rich repository of the halachic traditions of Aschkenaz. See A. Siev, Hagahot HaRama al HaMordechai in: Hagut Ivrit Be’Amerika, Vol. I (1972) pp. 426-39; A. Halperin, Sepher HaMordechai BeRe’i Hadpasotav in: Iyunim BeSifrut Chazal… Melamed Festschrift (1982) pp. 323-38; EJ, Vol. XII, cols. 311-14.