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LOT 72:
Manuscript - Ma'asiyot Ha'Talmud - Ladino - Constantinople, the Late 18th Century
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Manuscript - Ma'asiyot Ha'Talmud - Ladino - Constantinople, the Late 18th Century
Manuscript in popular Ladino - tales of our Sages about the Patriarchs and the Tana'im and Amora'im: Rabbi Chananya ben Teradyon, Nacum Ish Gamzu, Hillel and more.
On leaf 123, an illustration of a gate and inside it the inscription: "…. I the writer a young tiny man Yitzhcak Ha'Cohen Fineish of Constantinople".
Ladino manuscripts from such an early period are rare. The manuscript is important for the study of Ladino.
The manuscript is lacking at its beginning and end. Before us are [97] leaves written on both their sides. Black ink on thick paper.
Condition: varying between the leaves, Good-Fair. Stains and spreading of ink. Ancient leather binding. Detached binding and leaves.
