Hoshen ha-mishpat
Manuscript ID:
Ms. 676
Place:
Crema, Italy
Date:
1486
Description:
ink on parchment; 392 leaves, 19 x 14.5 cm; Ashkenazi Rabbinic Hebrew script
Copyist:
Eliezer ben David ha-Levi
Former Owner:
Salli Kirshstein
Subject:
Halakhah; Law codes
English Text:
This beautifully copied manuscript of Jacob ben Asher’s Hoshen mishpat was produced in Crema in Lombardy, Italy in 1486. It contains a number of decorations throughout the text, many in purple ink. The detailed colophon indicates that it was copied by Eliezer ben David ha-Levi for Solomon ben Yehiel Ha-Levi.
Manuscript Link:
https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1202067987