Even Bochan [“The Touch Stone”: ethics in the form of satire]

AUCTION 47 |
Thursday, December 10th,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 177
KALONYMOS BEN KALONYMOS OF ARLES.
Even Bochan [“The Touch Stone”: ethics in the form of satire]
Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1546
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $350
The Provencal satirist Kalonymos of Arles (1287-1337) pokes fun at the human condition, at aspiring patricians who claim bogus pedigrees, self-proclaimed savants and pious frauds. Also here are historical references to the first expulsion from France in 1306, and to the massacres of 1320-21. See M. Waxman, A History of Jewish Literature (1933), Vol. II, pp. 608-11; EJ, Vol. X, col. 721