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Lot 274

Manuscript, Torah Novellae on Laws of Dayanim – Unidentified Author, from an Oriental Country, 17th/18th Century

Manuscript, novellae on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, laws of dayanim. Oriental writing [Turkey?, 17th/18th century].
Incomplete composition in the author's autographic writing with erasures, corrections and additions in the margins. the author is unidentified, but the writing and the scholarly content demonstrate that he was one of the sages of Turkey in the 17th/18th century.
10 leaves, approximately 20.5 cm. Fair-poor condition, cutoff leaves with damage to text. Mildew and wear. On the last leaf is an open tear. New binding.