Pinkas Mohel [circumcision registry]

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

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

author

(ITALY).

Place

Ancona

Publication

1705-36

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in semi-cursive Italian hand on paper.

summary

An interesting Mohel ledger belonging to the brothers Abraham and Yitzchak Firmo of Ancona, Italy. Recording over 200 circumcisions, mention is made of such Rabbinic notables as Yoseph Fiametta (Otzar Harabanim 8496), his son-in-law and successor as rabbi in Ancona, R. Shimshon Morpurgo (Otzar Harabanim 20082), R. Moshe Chaim Morpurgo (Otzar Harabnim 15409), Yehudah Fano of Modena and his brother-in-law R. Shabthai Marini. See circumcision nos. 17, 100, 102, 142 and 164).

ff. 36. Modern calf. 12mo.

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