Kitzur Mordechai V'Simanav [abridgment of Sepher Mordechai]. Prepared by Joshua Boaz Baruch

Estimate

$600–$900

Hammer price

$550

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author

(MORDECHAI BEN HILLEL ASCHKENAZI)

printer

Vicenzo Conti

Place

Cremona

Publication

1557

Description

FIRST EDITION. Censor's inscription on final page. A few sensitive words ("komerim") struck by censor

references

Vinograd, Cremona 12; Benayahu, Cremona 9

summary

R. Mordechai ben Hillel Hakohen (1240?-1298) was the outstanding disciple of R. Meir (MaHaRa”M) of Rothenburg. His gigantic compendium, arranged according to the tractates of the Talmud, is a rich repository of the halachic traditions of Aschkenaz. See A. Siev, ”Hagahot ha-Rama al Ha-Mordechai” in: Hagut Ivrit be-Amerika, Vol. I (1972), pp. 426-39; A. Halperin, “Sefer ha-Mordechai bi-Re'i Hadpasotav” in: Iyunim be-Sifrut Chazal...Melamed Festschrift (1982), pp. 323-38; EJ, Vol. XII, cols. 311-14

ff. (2), 56. Washed. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Folio

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