Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Hulin, Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1521

In some early manuscripts of the Mishnah the title of this tractate in the order Kodashim is expanded to read Shehitat Hullin ("the ritual slaughter of 'profane' animals," i.e., for human consumption as distinct from 'holy' or sacrificial purposes).  As its name implies, this tractate—in contrast to the other tractates of this order—is almost wholly devoted to the laws relevant to the eating of meat and to the gifts due to the priests from non-sacrificial animals (hullin). Unlike many other tractates which deal exclusively with issues that obtain only in certain places (i.e. in the Land of Israel) or at certain times (i.e. when the Temple in Jerusalem is extant), the laws of Hullin deal with matters of practical halakhah applying to all Jews at all times, and in all places.

N.B. Both Vinograd and Habermann mistakenly call for 180 leaves, probably based upon their desire to correct the printer's register on f. 178 which itself mistakenly calls for 170 leaves due to an error in arithmetic. The confusion arises from the misnumbering (in type) of the 23rd (final) quire of four leaves which skips the numbers 125-126 and begins with 127.  The correct number of leaves is 178 and save for the title page reproduced here in facsimile, this volume is complete.