(Attributed to). Halachoth Gedoloth [Gaonic Rabbinic Code]

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Lot 134

KAYYARA, SHIMON

(Attributed to). Halachoth Gedoloth [Gaonic Rabbinic Code]

FIRST EDITION. Title within ornamental arch. Double columns ff. (4), 144. Slight staining, lower left hand corner of title expertly repaired not affecting text, corner of following leaf repaired. Recent half vellum. Folio Vinograd, Venice 333; Habermann, Adelkind 51; Adams S-1157

Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1548

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,100

One of the earliest and most important Halachic texts. The authorship and date of this work has been the subject of much study and have given rise to conflicting views. Generally speaking, medieval Aschkenazic authorities tended to the view that the author was R. Yehudai Gaon, while their Sephardic counterparts adopted the view that the author was R. Shimon Kayyara. Modern scholarship inveighs with the latter view. See EJ, VII cols.1167-70 (illustrated)