| Description |
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Locus
| 1ar-255r |
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Author
| Domenico Gerosolimitano, c. 1552-1622 (internal) |
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Title
| ספר הזקוק |
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Supplied title
| Sefer ha-Zikkuk |
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General note
| Compiled by Domenico Gerosolimitano (also known as Domenico Irosolomitano or Domenico Yerushalmi) |
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General note
| An index of forbidden books and, especially, lists of objectionable passages that require censorship. This index is based on an earlier index compiled by an anonymous monk from the Cappucin order of San Francesco - possibly Renato da Modena. The earliest version of the index is extant in MS Paris, Alliance Israélite Universelle H80A compiled in Mantua in 1596. |
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General note
| Ff. 23-201 in this manuscript include a copy, made by another scribe in an Italian script, of the 331 entries in the Alliance manuscript ספר הזקוק שעשיתי במנטובה והשלמתי באחד לחדש אגוסטו בשנת אלף תקצ"ו. |
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General note
| On different paper bound at the beginning and end of the manuscript Domenico added notes in his own hand in a type of Sephardic cursive script on the therapeutic powers of the stones mentioned in Exodus xxv:17-20 (ff. 1r-6v), a list of the books in "Sefer ha-Zikkuk" (ff. 7r-20r), a list of the books that he expurgated (ff. 20v-21r and on the stub of the torn leaf, f. 22), a list of 95 additional works that require expurgation including books published as late as 1612 (ff. 202r-255r). He also added glosses and corrections in the margins and between the lines in the copy. |
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General note
| The text of "Sefer ha-Zikkuk" was discussed and printed by G. Prebor, "“Sepher Ha-Ziquq” by Domenico Yerushalmi (1555-1621) and its Influence on Hebrew Printing" (unpublished thesis, Ramat Gan 2003). The work was also discussed by N. Porges, “Der hebräische Index Expurgatius.” "Festschrift zum siebzigsten Geburstag A. Berliner's" (Frankfurt 1903), pp. 273-295 and I. Sonne, “Expurgation of Hebrew Books: The Work of Jewish Scholars.” "Bulletin of the New York Public Library", xlvi (New York 1942), pp. 975-1015. |
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General note
| The original Hebrew name of Domenico Gerosolimitano, Samuel Vivas, and the date of his conversion to Catholicism in 1593 were recorded by P.C. Ioly Zorattini, “Domenico Gerosolimitano a Venezia.” "Sefarad", lviii (1998), pp. 107-116. |
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