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Abraham Tsahalon, Yad Ḥarutsim
Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1595.
The Yad Ḥarutsim of Abraham Tsahalon, a Talmudic scholar and kabbalist, is a work on the calendar printed in Venice in 1595 by Giovanni di Gara, a Christian printer who after Daniel Bomberg's death acquired most of the latter's types. At the end of his work, Abraham deals with the calendars of 'Edom and Yishmaʾel', that is, the Christian and the Muslim calendars. In our copy, on the title page verso there are two stamps (see reproduction on the left). One is the bookstamp of Pandolfo Ricasoli Baroni (1581-1657), the canon of Florence Cathedral, the other is the bookstamp of the Convent of Discalced Carmelites, Florence. The two stamps are reminders of Ricasoli's doom. In 1641, he was accused of seducing young girls in a school under his direction and sentenced to death by the Inquisition, and his library was donated to the Convent of Discalced Carmelites.
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Title page |
Calendars |
Introduction with Ricasoli's stamp |
Ricasoli's stamp
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