Sha’arei Tzedek [Kabbalah - on the Sephiroth]

GIKATILLA, JOSEPH

Jacob Marcaria the Physician

Riva di Trento

1561

FIRST EDITION. Initial letters of title historiated, initial word of text within elaborate frame.

Vinograd, Riva 35

Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla (Chiquatilla) (1248-c.1325), a profound Spanish Kabbalist, was a disciple of the founder of the school of “Prophetic Kabbalah,” Abraham Abulafia. Later, he entered into scholarly relationship with Moses de Leon of Guadalajara, and composed some of the most detailed, yet lucid, expositions of Kabbalistic concepts.