Several polemical treatises of Saul Levi Morteira, early 18th century copy
Perguntas hechas por un clerigo de Roan a Am / sterdam y respondidas por el Hacam Saul Levi Morteyra.
Contents:
f. 1r-71v: Questions of a priest from Rouen and Morteira’s answers to them, numbered 179.
f. 72, 90v: blank.
f. 73r-90r: Answers to guestions of several gentiles, with heading: “Ciertos Porques de Goim, Respondidos”.
None of these writings was published, nor the greatest part of Saul Levi Morteira’s work. See other copies of “Perguntas hechas per un clerigo de Rouan” in this collection, EH 48 A 21, EH 48 D 38 and EH 48 C 9.
Ownership inscription on the back flyleaf: “Jonathan Abaz”.
Bequeathed by Rabbi Jacob Ferares of The Hague in 1885.
Spanish / Paper / 21,4 x 16,1 cm. / [90] ff. / 27 lines to a page / Neat Iberian writing / Title written on top of f. 1r / Contemporary vellum binding.
Fuks 218. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.