List number 100
Short Title Megilat setarim, Megilat purim
Full Title - Original מגלת סתרים / מסכת פורים / שיר
Full Title - Transliterated Megilat setarim / Masekhet purim / Shir
Full Title - English [Tractate Purim / Scroll of Secrets / A Poem]
Date - Georgian [1512-1513]
Date - Hebrew רע"ג
Dating There is no date on the colophon. Dating is based on the conjecture of the anonymous bibliographer at NLI, as also cited by BHB.
Place of publiation Pesrao
Format 4°, Hebrew (Sephardi [Merubah], with/without diacritics)
Autopsied Yes
Subject matter Secular Hebrew material
Author - English Gersonides - Gershon, Levi ben (attr.)
Author - English Kalonymus ben Kalonymus (a.k.a. Maestro Calo)
Author - English Ibn Gabirol, Shlomo ben Yehudah (Abu 'Ayub Suleyman ibn Yahya Ibn Jabirul, a.k.a Avicebron)
Author - English Levitah, Eliya ben Asher Halevy (a.k.a Eliyahu Baḥur or Ha-baḥur)
Author - Hebrew ר' לוי ב"ר גרשון (מיוחס לו)
Author - Hebrew קלונימוס בן קלונימוס
Author - Hebrew אבן גבירול, שלמה (אבו עיוב סולימאן אבן יחיא איבן ג'בירול)
Author - Hebrew לויטה, אליה בן אשר הלוי (מכונה גם אליהו בחור או הבחור)
Colophon text - Megilat setarim - original מדרש הנביא הלבי"א הלוי ממשפחת המדקדקים: || יסדה בזמן אשר מחכמה ומכבוד הכל במאכל ובמשת' אדוקים: || יבואו בה קושיות פירכות היקישות בעיות ודברים צדיקים: || ותלמיד התלמידים דר-שם פיזרו הקריה ראש המחוקקים: || חקקה בגרסות ערבות ומאמרים מדויקים: || הצעיר מבני שושני"ם קורא לאל ממעמקים: || אלה התורה והמצוה ומשפטים וחוקים: || לקיים ימי הפורים ולאהוב נשים ולעשות נזיקים: || למען גבלות אשר גבלו ראשונים לא יהיו נמחקים: || תם ונשלם שבח לאל עולם

Colophon text - Megilat setarim - English [So sayeth the prophet Lav”i Ha-levi from the family of the grammarians: || The time of its writing was when with wisdom and honor all were engaged in pious feasting and drink[ing]: || queries, solutions, difficulties, and correct speech herein are included: || And the student of the students, Ger-shom of the city of Pesaro is its chief incisor: || He engraved it in pleasant format and correct speech: || the youngest of the Shoshani”m [a play on the words Soncino/roses] who from the depth calleth upon God: || These are the teachings, the commandments, the laws and the ordinances: || To observe the days of Purim, to love women and to cause a raucous: || So that the boundaries set forth by the First shall never be erased: || Complete is work, all praise to the God of the world]

Bibliographical reference
Habermann 6-IV: 70, Sacchi 147 (?), Soave 64, Vinograd Pesaro 31. Click for full list
Habermann, Avraham Me‘ir. 1933. Ha-Madpisim bene Sontsino: toldotehem u-reshimat ha-sefarim ha-ʻivrim she-nidpesu ʻal yedehem [The Soncino Family of Printers: Their History and A Bibliography of the Books They Printed, Hebrew]. Vienna: David Frenḳil. 6-IV: 70

Sacchi, Federico. 1877. I tipografi ebrei di Soncino. Cremona: Tipog. Ronzi e Signori. 147 (?)

Soave, Moisè. 1878. Dei Soncino, celebri tipografi italiani nei secoli XV, XVI con elenco delle opere de essi. Venice: Longo. 64

Vinograd, Yeshayahu. 1993. Otsar ha-sefer ha-ʻivri: reshimat ha-sefarim she-nidpesu be-ot ʻivrit me-reshit ha-defus ha-ʻivri bi-shenat 229 (1469) ʻad shenat 623 (1863) [The Hebrew Book: A Bibliographical List of Titles Printed in Hebrew Letters from the Year 1469 to the Year 1863, Hebrew]. Jerusalem: The Institute for Computerized Bibliography. Pesaro 31

Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (BHB) Catalogue at NLI: 313877

WorldCat: 1022268455

Holdings Three copies

Asia
Israel Jerusalem National Library of Israel 91 A 580
Americas
United States Cincinnati Hebrew Union College B 352
New York Jewish Theological Seminary RBR
Online version National Library of Israel, Jerusalem