Responsa du Rashba — volume II copié à Fès en 1505

Volume II of the Responsa of the Rashba (Shelomo ben Avraham ibn Adderet, 1235-1310, chief rabbi of Barcelona), a fundamental casuistic collection of medieval Sephardic jurisprudence, in twenty-five parts. Colophon (fol. 256): “Volume II was arranged and written by Ḥayyim ben R. Moshe ibn Ḥabhibh in Fès, completed 12 Nisan 5265 = 1505.” The ibn Ḥabib family is attested among the 1492 exiles who took refuge in Fès. On the flyleaf, an inscription by Yehuda Azulai in Jerusalem (probably the Ḥida, 1724-1806) underscores the importance of the work. Sephardic rabbinic script, 313 leaves. Provenance: 1 Compiled and copied by Ḥayyim ben R. Moshe ibn Ḥabhibh in Fès, completed 12 Nisan 5265 = 1505 (fol. 256) 2 Later owner: Yehuda Azulai in Jerusalem (probably the Ḥida) 3 David Oppenheim collection (1664-1736) 4 Bodleian Library, 1829 Codicological notice — origin Fès, central Morocco; copyist: Ḥayyim ben R. Moshe ibn Ḥabhibh; script: Sephardic; leaves: 313 folios; dimensions: folio; old catalogues: Neubauer Catalogue 1886 · 2365; editorial status: Partial edition available. — Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/bodleian-opp-app-fol-49; manuscript held at the Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Sources & resources

• Neubauer, Adolf. Catalogue, Oxford, 1886, vol. I, n° 2365.
• Azulai, Ḥayyim Yosef David. Shem ha-Gedolim.
• Fiche MMJMM : https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/bodleian-opp-app-fol-49