Manuscript, Azharot with the Yashir Moshe Commentary - North Africa or Eretz Israel, 18th Century - Handwritten by ...

Manuscript, Azharot with the Yashir Moshe Commentary - North Africa or Eretz Israel, 18th Century - Handwritten by Rabbi David Gigi
Manuscript, Azharot by R. Yitzchak son of Reuven [Albregloni], with the Yashir Moshe commentary by R. Moshe Mu'ati. [North Africa or Eretz Israel, 18th century].
Square and semi-cursive Sephardi (Western) script. Yashir Moshe commentary first printed in Livorno in 1655, with a few glosses added by the copier.
Colophon of the copier appears on p. 2b after the author's introduction: "I, the undersigned, have written the Azharot with his commentary… David son of Avraham Gigi".
R. David son of R. Avraham Gigi, a Tiberias sage (see: Gellis, Encyclopedia L'Toldot Chachmei Eretz Israel, Vol. 1, pp. 288-289), moved from Morocco in 1770 and settled in Shfaram near Tiberias. In 1793, he wrote his composition Mishbetzot Zahav (still in manuscript form) with practices and kavanot for Shabbat according to the writings of the Ari and of other kabbalists. Other manuscripts he copied in Morocco exist, among them two manuscripts of Minchat Yehuda by R. Yehuda ben Atar which he edited and supplemented with his own additions. One he wrote in Fez (Morocco) in 1760 and the other in Tlemcen (Algeria) in 1762 (see enclosed material). Possibly, this manuscript was written in Morocco, although it may have been written after his aliya to Eretz Israel.
On the blank page at the end of the part of the positive mitzvoth (p. 61b), his son wrote: "These are my Azharot left by my father from his writings". Above this inscription is the text of a lease bill, with the signature of "Avraham Gigi" as one of the witnesses.
[2], 98 leaves. Approx. 14 cm. Fair condition. Stains and dampness traces. Worming. Coarse tears affecting text to some leaves, paper restorations (with later writing). Contemporary damaged leather binding.