Jacob of Ramrupt (Rabbeinu Tam. Attributed to). Sepher ha-Yashar [“The Book of the Upright”]

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $550

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author

(ETHICS)

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1708

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew. Cursive Aschkenazic script

references

(cf. Friedberg Y-1116)

summary

Manuscript copy of 1708 edition of Sepher ha-Yashar. The scribe has copied the title page and text of a printed edition of this classical work of ethics, traditionally - though erroneously - attributed to the Tosaphist Rabbeinu Tam. The true identity of the author remains unclear, though some have put forth a Byzantine Jew, R. Zerachyah ha-Yevani as the author

ff. (1), 32. Brown ink on coarse paper. Browned. Calf over wooden boards. 4to

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