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ID: 195881
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Shelfmark Neofiti.35

Description
Locus 1r-97v
Other name Tsarfati, Yosef, di Fez, m. 1587, scribe
Other name Gregorius PP. XIII, 1502-1585 (external author)
Supplied title Homilies and sermons to Jews
General note Homilies and sermons to Jews delivered during the years 1576-1581 in Rome, most probably by Andrea del Monte, a convert to Christianity formerly known as Rabbi Joseph Ẓarfati of Fez.
General note In his catalogue of the Neofiti manuscripts, p. 27, G. Sacerdote identified the author as a Domenico Gerosolimitano, not to be confused with the censor of that name who was baptized in 1593.
General note The writing, however, is identical to Andrea's glosses in the margins of MS Neof. 37. Andrea had been appointed to the post of preacher to the Jews in 1576, and on ff. 41r-56r there are several sermons preached on Sabbaths in the oratory of the SS Trinità church from 2 December 1576 until early 1577 with the permission of Pope Gregory XIII אלה הם הדרשות אשר דרשתי אל יהודי רומא ברשות אדונינו הכהן הגדול פאפה גריגריו י"ג באורטוריה של השנטישימה טריניטה שבת היום יום ב' לחדש דיג'ימברי 1576 (f. 41r). On f. 56r the author recorded a sermon he delivered in the presence of several cardinals, among them Cardinal Sirleto, to whom Andrea dedicated his work, "Iggeret Shalom", preserved in MS Neof. 37. Andrea was known for his virulently anti-Jewish sermons.
General note On ff. 27-39 and elsewhere extracts from sermons by other preachers delivered during the years 1572-1576 in various churches, among them a sermon by Father Francesco in the Church of the Holy Apostles in 1572 האב פראנג'יסקו אשר דרש באורטוריו של חברה השלוחים הקדושים בקהל קדושי השליחים ... 1572 (f. 23v).
General note On ff. 2r-10v extracts in Hebrew characters from a treatise in Italian.

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Shelfmark Neofiti.35
Other author/nameTsarfati, Yosef, di Fez, m. 1587
Other author/nameGregorius PP. XIII, 1502-1585