Fols. 1r-74v: Commentary on Psalms (first published Venice, 1586).
Fol. 74v: Note on Urim ve-tummim.
Fols. 75r-77v: Letters and notes, including a letter to Henry II, King of France, and a note on dreams.
Fol. 75v: Copied from the author’s autograph.
Fol. 77v: A poem.
Fols. 78r-81v: Sermons.
Fols. 82r-88v: Commentary on Jonah, Habakuk and Zekhariah, first published in Kehillot Moshe (Amsterdam, 1724–28).
Fol. 88v: Sforno writes that when he was in Rome he tried to establish the value of Talmudic coins in comparison to Roman coins. The scribe offers a correction to Sforno’s note.
Signed by the censor [?], 1628 (fol. 88v).
Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (ca. 1470–1550) was a biblical commentator and physician. Born at Cesena, Italy, Sforno went on to Rome, where he studied philosophy, mathematics, philology, and medicine. He ultimately settled at Bologna, where he played an active role in resuscitating a Hebrew printing house and established the bet-midrash that he would lead until his death. Above all, Sforno's reputation rests on his biblical commentaries. These generally focus on the literal exegesis of the biblical text, avoiding mystical, philological and historical analysis.
The lot also includes a slim volume of 12 leaves (8 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches; 211 x 143 mm) sayings and citations (Italy, 18th-19th century), probably gathered as material for sermons on the weekly Torah readings (Hirschfeld ms. no. 19; Halberstam shelf no. 159). Ends with parashat Naso (Numbers 4). Refers to the Shabbat before the festival of Shavuot as Shabbat ha-Gadol Shavuot (fol. 7v).
ProvenanceRafael and Aron (?) Trabot, Jacob Trabot (owners’ inscriptions, fol.1r) — Solomon Halberstam (shelf no. 331) (notes on front flyleaf)
Physical Description89 leaves on paper, 8 ¾ x 6 ½ inches; 222 x 165 mm, collation: 224, written in brown ink in Italian cursive script, catchwords, modern foliation in black ink; fol. 1 lacks portion of top margin, in overall good condition. Library buckram.
LiteratureHirschfeld (ms. no. 35); R. Bonfil published the sermons from this manuscript in Eshel Beer Sheva, vol.1, 1976, pp.200-257; on Ovadiah Sforno, see A. Finkel, 1896, who published most of the letters and notes from Ms. Parma 2394; see also Montefiore ms. no. 29 (Lot 28)
Fols. 1r-74v: Commentary on Psalms (first published Venice, 1586).
Fol. 74v: Note on Urim ve-tummim.
Fols. 75r-77v: Letters and notes, including a letter to Henry II, King of France, and a note on dreams.
Fol. 75v: Copied from the author’s autograph.
Fol. 77v: A poem.
Fols. 78r-81v: Sermons.
Fols. 82r-88v: Commentary on Jonah, Habakuk and Zekhariah, first published in Kehillot Moshe (Amsterdam, 1724–28).
Fol. 88v: Sforno writes that when he was in Rome he tried to establish the value of Talmudic coins in comparison to Roman coins. The scribe offers a correction to Sforno’s note.
Signed by the censor [?], 1628 (fol. 88v).
Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (ca. 1470–1550) was a biblical commentator and physician. Born at Cesena, Italy, Sforno went on to Rome, where he studied philosophy, mathematics, philology, and medicine. He ultimately settled at Bologna, where he played an active role in resuscitating a Hebrew printing house and established the bet-midrash that he would lead until his death. Above all, Sforno's reputation rests on his biblical commentaries. These generally focus on the literal exegesis of the biblical text, avoiding mystical, philological and historical analysis.
The lot also includes a slim volume of 12 leaves (8 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches; 211 x 143 mm) sayings and citations (Italy, 18th-19th century), probably gathered as material for sermons on the weekly Torah readings (Hirschfeld ms. no. 19; Halberstam shelf no. 159). Ends with parashat Naso (Numbers 4). Refers to the Shabbat before the festival of Shavuot as Shabbat ha-Gadol Shavuot (fol. 7v).
ProvenanceRafael and Aron (?) Trabot, Jacob Trabot (owners’ inscriptions, fol.1r) — Solomon Halberstam (shelf no. 331) (notes on front flyleaf)
Physical Description89 leaves on paper, 8 ¾ x 6 ½ inches; 222 x 165 mm, collation: 224, written in brown ink in Italian cursive script, catchwords, modern foliation in black ink; fol. 1 lacks portion of top margin, in overall good condition. Library buckram.
LiteratureHirschfeld (ms. no. 35); R. Bonfil published the sermons from this manuscript in Eshel Beer Sheva, vol.1, 1976, pp.200-257; on Ovadiah Sforno, see A. Finkel, 1896, who published most of the letters and notes from Ms. Parma 2394; see also Montefiore ms. no. 29 (Lot 28)
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