(c.1500-1575). Chidushei Sugyoth [Talmudic novellae]

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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MODENA, DAVID

(c.1500-1575). Chidushei Sugyoth [Talmudic novellae]

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in cursive Italian hand on paper. <<*>> Accompanied by detailed description of manuscript prepared by Dr. Shlomo Zucker, Jerusalem. ff. 49 (including blanks). Wide margins. Trace stained. Modern vellum-backed boards. Sm. folio.

Italy: Mid-16th century

Est: $6,000 - $9,000

PRICE REALIZED $15,000

<<UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT>> of innovations and commentaries clarifying the various opinions and codifiers of the halachah in the sections of Nashim and Nezikin of the Talmud. Beneath each citation of the Gemara, the author left space in this manuscript to fill in the rulings and opinions, hence there are spaces throughout as well as entire pages that are blank. This manuscript was written in the very country and during the very era that state and ecclesiastical authorities were seeking to eradicate any presence of Talmudic writings. Two additional autograph manuscripts of this Talmudic work by the author, dated 1558, are presently housed in the Ginzberg Collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow (ms. nos. 800-801).