Mishnah Torah [Rabbinic Code]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,700

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

MAIMONIDES, MOSHE BEN MAIMON.

Place

Italy

Publication

c. 1400

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a square Italian hand on vellum . Fragment of three leaves removed from a binding. * Accompanied by a description prepared by Dr. Shlomo Zucker, Jerusalem.

summary

These leaves were later used to form a binding for municipal documents from an Italian archive, dated 1671. Text comprises, Folio 1: Hilchoth Sanhedrin 26:4-7, title of Hilchoth Eiduth, enumeration of mitzvoth and 1:1. * Folio 2: Hilchoth Mamrim 4:1-5:8. * Folio 3: Hilchoth Avel 5:20-7:6.

ff. 3. Worn, loss of text. Modern boards. Folio.

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