Binding: 17th century reversed calf over pasteboards; sewn onto three supports; with imprint details and shelfmark on the spine; text block edges stained red.Full catalogue description in SOLOContents: Commentary on the book of Ruth, with the biblical text.Contents note: Includes an introduction by the author and an index by his son Moses. With eulogies in prose and in poetry by Abraham ben Ephraim Sancho and by Samuel Shullam. Some marginal manuscript annotations in Hebrew in a 17th century hand.Decoration: Title page printed within an architectural border.Dimensions: 209mm (height) x 152mm (width) x 23mm (depth).Layout: Text printed in one column (predominantly). Headpieces. Hebrew types resembling square and semi-cursive scripts.
Binding: 17th century English sprinkled calf over pasteboards; with blind-tooling; double panels and fleurons; sewn onto five supports, with raised bands; marbled text block edges; blind-tooling on spine; spine title in gilt.Full catalogue description in SOLOContents note: Includes tractate Shabbat. With copious notes in Hebrew, some of them Hebrew alphabet practice exercises.Decoration: Simple floral designs.Dimensions: 336mm (height) × 252mm (width) × 45mm (depth).Layout: The layout of this edition mirrors that of the first edition of the Talmud printed by Daniel Bomberg between 1519/1520-1523 in Venice. Hebrew types resembling square and semi-cursive scripts.
Binding: "17th century French red morroco armorial bindingBinding: over wooden boardsBinding: with a version of Colbert’s arms stamped in gold on upper and lower boards; sewn onto six supports; Colbert's monogram ‘JBC’ stamped on the spine; text bock edges sprinkled red and blue; Christ Church shelfmark on the spine."Full catalogue description in SOLOContents: Hebrew sermons on the weekly Torah readings.Contents note: Some marginal handwritten annotations in Hebrew (in 16th or 17th century semi-cursive Sephardi script).Dimensions: 313mm (height) x 220mm (width) x 34mm (depth).Layout: Printed in double columns. Fonts that resemble square and semi-cursive scripts.Origin note: Printing started on 22 Elul 5338, that is 4 September 1578 - end of printing in Sivan 5339, that is June/July 1579.
The codex comprises a kabbalistic treatise on commandments.Contents: Affirmative commandment, beginning with no. 62 in the middle and ending in the middle of commandment no. 94 (ff. 1a-80b). Colophon (f. 123b). חילוק קריאת המזמורים לדעת הזוהר (ff. 124r-127b). A short passage that terminates כתיבת ידי אינון די קואירפי החותם למטה מהשורות (f. 124a). Formulas of legal deeds (ff. 124a-127b).Extent: ff. 127. 210 x 150 x 30 mm.Layout: Text is written in one column, with headings in large initial words.Hand: Sefardi semi-cursive script by two scribes.Decoration: Not decorated.Binding: Vellum over paper boards.Additional Information: Alexander Altmann, לשאלת בעלותו של ס׳ טעמי המצות המיוחס לר׳ יצחק ן׳ פרחי in Kiryat Sefer 40 (1965), p. 405.