Rav Pe'alim — Yosef Zarco

Rav Pe’alim — a treatise on Hebrew grammar by Yosef ben Yitzḥak Zarco, listed as no. 15 in the Luzzatto catalogue of 1868 and noted among the 12 most precious pieces of the collection. Catalogue data: 269 leaves, quarto, parchment, “very fine,” dated 1535 (year 5295; to which are added 8 pages in a more cursive hand, the Hilkhot Bedikah of R. Sam. Ez. Romilii, dated 29 Sivan 5295 = 1535). According to De Rossi (cited by the catalogue), only two other known copies then existed (Biblioteca Marciana in Venice; previously in Padua) — this being a third, unknown copy. Provenance: 1 Acquisition by Samuel David Luzzatto, Padua 2 Isaia Luzzatto sale, 1869 3 Purchaser to be identified Codicological notice — origin to be specified; script: to be identified; leaves: 269 folios; dimensions: quarto · parchment; old catalogues: Joseph Luzzatto Catalogue 1868 · no. 15; editorial status: to be confirmed. — Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/to-locate-luzzatto-15.

Sources & resources

• Catalogue de la bibliothèque de feu M. S. D. Luzzatto, par Joseph Luzzatto, Padoue, 1868, n° 15.
• De Rossi, MSS Codices hebraici (deux autres exemplaires connus : Venise ; anc. Padoue).
• Fiche MMJMM : https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/to-locate-luzzatto-15