Contains three works. Fols 1r-82v: Rashi's commentary to the Former Prophets beginning with Joshua, Chapter 3; fols. 82v-96r: commentary, attributed to Rashi, on Pirkei avot, chapters 1-5; fols 97r... Show moreContains three works. Fols 1r-82v: Rashi's commentary to the Former Prophets beginning with Joshua, Chapter 3; fols. 82v-96r: commentary, attributed to Rashi, on Pirkei avot, chapters 1-5; fols 97r-114: Mivḥar ha-peninim, usually attributed to Solomon ibn Gabirol, sometimes to Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi. Folios 1-96 ruled in metalpoint; fols. 96-114 unruled and in a different hand; written in Italian scripts in black ink; Haftarot markers graphically designed; diagram containing names of biblical places; modern foliation in pencil (with errors); catchwords; damage to upper left corner of folio but does not affect text; dampstaining at end with loss of text. Montefiore no. 32. Previous owners of original manuscript: Isaac Shabbethai min ha-zekenim [Del Vecchio]; Solomon Halberstam. Show less
Written in Germany in the author's own handwriting and dated 6 Tamuz 335 [1575]. Ashkenazic script; 25 lines to a page. Includes: Mishle shivʻim ḥakhamim (leaves 83b-93), in Yiddish and Hebrew, un... Show moreWritten in Germany in the author's own handwriting and dated 6 Tamuz 335 [1575]. Ashkenazic script; 25 lines to a page. Includes: Mishle shivʻim ḥakhamim (leaves 83b-93), in Yiddish and Hebrew, undated, in Yaʻaḳov Hailbuṭ's own writing, and possibly by him. Second work includes notes added during the Nineteenth century by the Hebrew grammarian Isaac Berlin, on manuscript and on separate sheets. Leaf numbers later written in pencil; text on both sides of leaves. Show less
