Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Mo'ed Katan, Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1521

Folio (14¼ x 10¼ in.; 362 x 260 mm). collation: 1-5^{8, 46=46 leaves, including final blank leaf, woodcut initial word panel; some mostly marginal dampstains. Half vellum.}

Vinograd, Venice 46; Habermann 30

Folio (14¼ x 10¼ in.; 362 x 260 mm). collation: 1-58, 46=46 leaves, including final blank leaf, woodcut initial; some mostly marginal dampstains. Half vellum.
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Mo'ed Katan, the 11th tractate in the order Mo'ed, concerns itself primarily with the intermediary days of the festivals of Passover and Sukkot (hol ha-mo'ed ). The original name of this tractate seems to have actually been Mo'ed and throughout the tractate the intermediary days are referred to as Mo'ed and not as hol ha-mo'ed. To distinguish the tractate Mo'ed from the mishnaic order of that name, the former was sometimes referred to as Mashkin after its opening word. The present designation, Mo'ed Katan, eventually prevailed, thus distinguishing the tractate from its order.  The tractate also explores the nexus between the laws of the intermediary days of the festivals and the laws of mourning; within this context the Gemara discusses details of burial and mourning customs.