Lot 168
  • 168

Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Arakhin, Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1522

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

Folio (13¾ x 9 in.; 350 x 228 mm). collation: 1-48, 53=35 leaves, woodcut initial word panel; first four and last two leaves mended in gutter margin. Half vellum.

Provenance

Sasson ben Mordecai Barazani-- his inscription on title page and f. 2

Literature

Vinograd, Venice 63; Habermann 58

Condition

Folio (13¾ x 9 in.; 350 x 228 mm). collation: 1-48, 53=35 leaves, woodcut initial; first four and last two leaves mended in gutter margin. Half vellum.
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Catalogue Note

Arakhin (Valuations), fifth tractate of the order Kodashim. discusses the valuation of various objects—persons, houses, fields of possession (i.e., inherited fields, bought fields), and devoted things—which have been dedicated to the sanctuary.  Interestingly there is a discussion of gifts by non-Jews to the Temple and to synagogues in the Land of Israel.