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Yalkut: anthology of Talmudic sayings arranged according to the order of the Biblical books
Additional Title
Ramsgate Yalkut
Date Created/Issued
1480 (approximate start)
1490 (approximate end)
Description
Unpublished; similar in concept to the Yalkut Shimoni. Probably compiled in North Africa. There are occasional explanations to the Talmudic passages quoted. Compiler and title of work unknown. Loose notes at end of volume refer to the work as the Ramsgate Yalkut, and give a summary of an article by Samuel David Luzzatto about it. 33 lines; written in brown ink in Spanish semi-cursive script on paper with hand/star spread fingers of watermarks of Genoese type; marginal notes, some in a modern hand, written in large characters; modern foliation in pencil; catchwords; first few fols. missing; fols. 1, 93, 94, 164 repaired with some text loss; fols. 182-255 tissued; erosion caused by ink; paper and script darkened; half morocco. Montefiore no. 9. Previous owners of the original manuscript: Joseph ben Zikri, Samuel David Luzzatto, Solomon Halberstam (shelf no. 92).
