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ID: 198542
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Shelfmark Vat.ebr.278

Description
Locus 1r-86v
Author Ḳalomiṭi, Neḥemyah‏ ben Menaḥem, sec. XV (internal)
Other name Baḥya ben Yosef ibn Paḳuda, sec. XI (external author)
Other name Leon, Mosheh ben Shem Ṭov de, m. 1305 (external author)
Title מלחמת האמת
Supplied title Milḥemet ha-Emet
General note Author's name on f. 2r אמר נחמיה הצעיר and in the acrostic and colophons at the end (ff. 85r-86v).
General note Title on f. 4r
General note Ethical-philosophical treatise in rhyme
General note The chapters on ethics are based mainly on Baḥya ibn Paquda's "Ḥovot ha-Levavot" and the chapters on the soul (nos. 2-28) are based on Moses de Leon's "Sefer ha-Nefesh ha-Ḥakhamah".
General note U. Cassuto described the manuscript in נחמיה בן מנחם קאלומיטי ומחברותיו in ספר היובל לפרופסור שמואל (Jerusalem 1937), pp. 211-216.

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Shelfmark Vat.ebr.278
AuthorḲalomiṭi, Neḥemyah‏ ben Menaḥem, sec. XV
Other author/nameBaḥya ben Yosef ibn Paḳuda, sec. XI
Other author/nameLeon, Mosheh ben Shem Ṭov de, m. 1305