RaMBa”M). Mishneh Torah

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Lot 261

MOSHE BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES/.

RaMBa”M). Mishneh Torah

Manuscript on paper 147leaves Quarto first leaf torn in half ,afew other leaves repaired not affecting text, Modern cloth binding.

Yemen: 1591-1592

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

SCRIBE: David B. Shlomo Berav Yosef Berav Shmarya ha-yadua al Nadaf (on f. 82b and final leaf). TEXT : starts in middle of introduction, listing of the Mitzvot, Sefer Ha-Mada (ff. 1-82b); Sefer Ahavah (ff. 84b- 147b) The colphons contain the date acording to the “shtarot” calcualtion prevalent in Yemenite manuscripts. This ms contains a number of textual variances from the standard published editions. Yemenite scholars believe that their Maimonides manuscripts are more exact than the printed ediions.