Unpublished collection of midrashim on the Pentateuch. The present manuscript was copied in Byzantium or in southern Italy in the 15th century and is one of only two extant manuscripts of the Yalḳuṭ Talmud Torah on Genesis. The other known manuscript is in the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The author, whose name suggests that he was of Sicilian descent, lived in Spain until setting out for the Land of Israel. He settled in Damascus instead, where he wrote this compilation. Written in Sephardic-Oriental script in brown ink; half calf over boards. First leaf lacking. Accompanied by correspondence between Rabbi Dr. Isaac Herzog and David Sassoon. Sassoon no. 783. Former owners: Simeon ben Moses ha-Levi; Saleh ben Aaron; Moses ben Simeon ha-Levi; David Solomon Sassoon.
