List number 106
Short Title Naḥmanides Pentateuch
Full Title - Hebrew פירוש התורה לרב רבינו משה בר נחמן זל גירונדי זצל
Full Title - Transliterated Perush ha-torah le-rav Moshe ben Naḥman
Full Title - English [Naḥmanides Commentary on the Pentateuch]
Date - Georgian [May 28th, 1514]
Date - Hebrew ג' בסיון, רע"ד
Dating According to colophon
Place of publiation Pesrao
Format f°, Hebrew (Sephardi [Merubah], without diacritic marks), decorative borders on frontispiece, woodblock headlines.
Autopsied Yes
Subject matter Rabbinic and Halakha
Author - English Gerondi, Moshe ben Naḥman (a.k.a Naḥmanides)
Author - Hebrew משה בן נחמן גירונדי (רמב"ן)
Colophon text גר אנכי בארץ אל תסתר ממני מצותיך : || ריבה ריבי וגאלני לאמרתך חייני : || שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך ואין למו מכשול : || מה נמלצו לחכי אמרתיך מדבש לפי : || אנחנו צעירי המחוקקים בני שונצינו התחלנו במלאכת הבאור || המסולא על חמשה חומשי תורה לר' משה בן נחמן גירונדי זל || ביום ראשון לחדש טבת עקד לפ"ק והשלמנו אותו היום שהוא שלושה לחדש סיון ערד לפ"ק יתברך בחמלתו יזכנו להתחיל || ולהשלים ספרים הרבה לאין קץ לכבוד יקר תפארתו ולמען || זכות הרבים : וכן יהי רצון אמן : || || והיתה חקיקתו בעיר פיזארו [רבתי] אשר במדינת איטליאה תחת || ממשלת האדון הישר פרצישקו דוכוס אורבינו ומסורא || ופיקפיקטו מרומי וכו' : [וכולם] ה' יחייהו ויגדל כסאו כמלכים || אשר מעולם אנשי השם וכן יהי רצון אמן:

Colophon text [I am a stranger in the earth   hide not thy commandments from me : || Plead my cause, and deliver me   quicken me according to thy word : || Great peace have they which love thy law   and nothing shall offend them : || How sweet are thy words unto my taste   yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth : || We, the youngest among the incisors of the sons of Soncino, began the great work of commentary || on the five books of the Torah by Rabbi Moshe ben Naḥman Gerondi [of blessed memory] || on the first day of the month of Ṭevet of the year ‘a. ḳ.d [i.e., 5264] and completed it today, the third day of the month of Siṿan of the year r.‘a.d [i.e., 5274] [according to the minor reckoning] may God, in His mercy, grant us the right to begin || and complete books without end to exalt his glory and || benefit of the many: Amen may it be so    : || || [The book] was incised in the [great] city of Pesaro in the country of Italy, under the || government of his righteous Lord Fracisco [sic], Duke of Urbino and Masora [i.e., Francesco Maria I della Rovere] || the Prefect of Rome, etc.: [and may] God raise him and exalt his throne as that of a king || of great renown amen may it be so:]

Bibliographical reference
Antonucci 76,77, Habermann 6-V: 56, Sacchi 118, Seligsohn 78, Steinschneider 6532 (51); Soave 50, Vinograd Pesaro 34. Click for full list
Antonucci, Gaetano Zaccaria. 1868. Catalogo di opere ebraiche greche latine ed italiane stampate dai celebri tipografi soncini ne' secoli xv e xvi, compilato da gaetano zaccaria antonucci prete ravignano ed accresciuto dal medesimo: ora per cura di crescentino giannini corretto e migliorato. Edited by Crescentino Giannini. Fermo: Stampa dei fratelli G. e C. Ciferri. 76,77

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-V: 56

Sacchi, Federico. 1877. I tipografi ebrei di Soncino. Cremona: Tipog. Ronzi e Signori. 118

Seligsohn, M., and Joseph Jacobs. 1906. “Soncino.” In The Jewish Encyclopedia; a Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, edited by Cyrus Adler and Isidore Singer. 11:463–64. New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls company. 78

Steinschneider, Moritz. 1852-1860. Catalogus librorum hebraeorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana. Berolini: typis A. Friedlaender. 6532 (51)

Soave, Moisè. 1878. Dei Soncino, celebri tipografi italiani nei secoli XV, XVI con elenco delle opere de essi. Venice: Longo. 50

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 34

WorldCat: 1050745644, 1007743113, 155826153, 17422534, 1007743113, 420845494, 155826153, 233170102, 762388523, 76784188, 80772237

Holdings
17 copies: NLI, British Library, Harvard, HUC, NYPL. Click for full list
Asia
Israel Jerusalem National Library of Israel - 3 copies 35 V 3148
Europe
France Lyon Bibliothèque municipale 100067
Italy Parma Biblioteca Palatina ST DER 1277
Turin Archivio Ebraico Terracini ANT.1341
Spain Madrid Biblioteca Nacional de España 3/56193
The Netherlands Amsterdam Bibliotheek Universiteit - Allard Pierson Depot ROF A-430
United Kingdom London British Library 1907.c.7
University College London 1514 N1
Oxford Christ Church College Library MF.1.6
Americas
Canada Ottawa Library and Archives Canada BS1225 N358 1513 fol.
United States Berkeley UC Berekeley - Bancroft Library BS1225 .M6 1514
Cambridge Harvard University - Houghton Library Hebrew 2108.350 * F
Cincinnati Hebrew Union College B 2091
New York New York Public Library **P+ (Nachmanides. Beur. 1513-1514)
Yeshiva University BS1225 M66523 1514
Online versions
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