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| Title: | Hebrew Tracts on Domestic and Ceremonial Matters. Manuscript (Ms 74) |
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| Dates: | 1467 |
| Manuscript Number: | Codex Ms 74 |
| Size: | 1 volume; 13 x 10 cm |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Sha'arim, a series of 40 provisions as to meats, with special reference to weights and measures. A tract on slaughtering. Also included, 45 rules governing conjugal relations. Text in Hebrew. Codex Ms 74. |
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Sha'arim, a series of 40 provisions regarding meats, with special reference to weights and measures. There are also forty-five rules regarding governance of conjugal relations, and a tract on slaughtering. The codex includes minor illumination, rubrication, and marginalia; however many leaves are defective. The first part of this codex is titled "Shaare Dura" by Isaac ben Meir, of Duren (active in the 13th century). The second part focuses on family purity, and the third part is about ritual slaughter, but the exact titles of those sections are unknown.
Bound in 19th century pigskin.
Text in Hebrew.
140 leaves.
| Volume 1 | Codex Ms 74 |