MANUSCRIPTS


EH 48 D 42




CATEGORY

Midrash
Homilies

Collection of anonymous homilies. Amsterdam, 1659



Contains 6 homilies. According to the preface the homilies were delivered in the Portuguese synagogue of Amsterdam. The work has been dedicated to the Parnassim of the Sephardic congregation Talmud Torah in Amsterdam.

Colophon on f. 92r: ‘Escripto por Ishac de Ra annos 1659’.


Portuguese and some Hebrew quotations / Paper / 19,5 x 15,4 cm. / [92] ff. / Neat current Iberian writing / Hebrew quotations in unvocalised square and rabbinic cursive writing / No title / First words of homilies written in nicely drawn decorative flames, several floral ornaments in the text / Catchwords at the bottom of each page / Contemporary vellum binding.


Fuks 16. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.


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