Sefer Mitzvoth Katan (SeMa"K) [“Small Book of Precepts”]

Estimate: $15,000–$18,000
Hammer price: $12,500

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author

(ISAAC BEN JOSEPH OF CORBEIL)

Place

Franco-German

Publication

14th Century

Description

Ashkenazic square and cursive Hebrew hand with bold headings On vellum. Marginalia including lengthy note in black ink p.67

summary

Isaac of Corbeil (SeMa”K), the son-in-law of Rabbi Jechiel of Paris, was one of the great French codifiers of the 13th century. His work attained wide popularity providing the masses with a concise halachic compendium interspersed with ethical homilies

ff. 76. Few pages with tears occasionally affecting words, rubbed and worn. Final leaves wormed and dampsoiled. Later calf-backed wooden boards. Sm.8vo

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