List number 137
Short Title ‘Arukh
Full Title - Original ספר הערוך : באר כל מלה חמורה בתלמוד
Full Title - Transliterated Sefer ha-‘arukh […] ba‘er kol mila ḥamura ba-talmud
Full Title - English [The Book ‘Arukh ("Arrayed"), A Talmudic Dictionary]
Date - Georgian [February 7th or March 7th, 1517]
Date - Hebrew י"ג באדר, רע"ז
Dating According to colophon. Hebrew year 5277 was a leap year, meaning it had two months of Adar. The title is therefore dated either to the first day of Adar aleph or the first day of Adar bet of this year.
Place of publiation Pesaro
Format 2°, Hebrew and Aramaic (Sephardi [Merubah] without discritics), decorative borders on frontispiece. Arabic numeral page numeration.
Autopsied Yes
Subject matter Rabbinic and Halakha.
Author - English Nathan ben Yekhiel of Rome
Author - Hebrew נתן בר יחיאל מרומי
Frontispiece text ספר הערוך חברו הרב רבי נתן בא יחיאל מרומי באר כל מלה || חמורה בתלמוד נדפס על ידי צעיר המחוקקים קטון התלמידים || מבני שונצינו שנת חמשת אלפים ומאתים ושבעים || ושבעה לבריאת עולם במדינת איטליה תהלה לאל יתעלה
Frontispiece text [The Book ‘Arukh (“Arrayed”) compiled by Rabbi Nathan ben Yekhiel of Rome an explanation of each hard || word in the Talmud printed the youngest of the incisors the least among the students || of the sons of Soncino five thousand two hundred and seventy || seven years to the creation of the world in the country of Italy all praise to God]
Colophon text תם ונשלם שבח לבורא עולם || ביום y"g לחדש אדר למניין זר"ע ישראל ע"י צעיר המחוקקים || קטון התלמידים מבני שונצינו והוא גר-שם פיזר"ו || הקריה : ברוך השם לעולם || אמן ואמן
Colophon text [Completed and done all praise to the creator of the world || on the 13th day of the month of Adar zer”‘a yisra‘el [i.e. the year [r.‘a.z, i.e. 5277] by the youngest of the incisors || the least among the students of the sons of Soncino Ger-shom [in the] city of Pesaro : God be blessed forever || Amen and amen]
Bibliographical reference
Antonucci 86, Habermann 6-V: 63, Manzoni 103, Sacchi 133, Seligsohn 88, Soave 56, Vinograd Pesaro 44. 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. 86

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: 63

Manzoni, Giacomo. 1883. Annali Tipografici dei Soncino: contenenti la descrizione e illustracione delle stampe ebraiche, talmudiche, rabbiniche, greche, latine ed italiane eseguite dai medesimi nel secolo XV a Soncino, a Casalmaggiore, a Napoli, a Brescia, e a Barco e nel secolo XVI a Fano, a Pesaro, a Ortona, a Mare, a Rimini, a Tessalonica e a Costantinopoli, e fatte eseguire a Pesaro ad Ancona e a Cesena. Bologna: Presso Gaetano Romagnoli. 103

Sacchi, Federico. 1877. I tipografi ebrei di Soncino. Cremona: Tipog. Ronzi e Signori. 133

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. 88

Soave, Moisè. 1878. Dei Soncino, celebri tipografi italiani nei secoli XV, XVI con elenco delle opere de essi. Venice: Longo. 56

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 44

Catalogo del Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (OPAC SBN): PARE078446

Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (BHB) Catalogue at NLI: 152821

WorldCat: 1007739450, 873038279, 907031332, 754790387, 122722111, 233091878, 762415283, 978217828, 122773993
Holdings
23 copies: NLI, Parma Palatina, Cambridge, HUC, Yale, JTS, Yeshiva, LOC.Click for full list
Asia
Israel Jerusalem National Library of Israel - 3 copies 2= 35 V 4193
2= 35 V 4193
2= 35 V 4193
Europe
Italy Ferrara Biblioteca comunale Ariostea N 2.11.4
Florence Biblioteca nazionale centrale RARI 22.B.3.25
Parma Biblioteca Palatina ST DER 1390
Spain Madrid Biblioteca Nacional de España R/17974
United Kingdom Cambridge Cambridge University Library S817.a.51.1
Glasgow University of Glasgow Sp Coll Blau 114
Americas
Canada Ottawa Library and Archives Canada PJ4935 N3 1513 fol.
Toronto University of Toronto - Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library E-10 00858
United States Cambridge Harvard University - Houghton Library Hebrew 8322.685 *
Harvard University - Widener Library Heb 41202.887
Cincinnati Hebrew Union College B 2231
Denver University of Denver Libraries BM520.4 .N3 1517
New Haven Yale University - Beinicke Library Fnf25 +480nb
New York Jewish Theological Seminary - 3 copies RB1691:11
RB1691:12 c.2 - missing first 84 leaves
RB1691:11-12
New York Public Library - Dorot Jewish Division **P+ (Nathan b. Jehiel. Sefer ha-Arukh. 1517)
New York University - Bobst Library PJ4935 .N3 1517
Yeshiva University PJ4935 .N3 1517
Washington, DC Library of Congress - African & Middle Eastern Reading Room PJ4935 .N3 1517 Hebr Cage
Online version Biblioteca Palatina, Parma
National Library of Israel, Jerusalem