Fragments from a Manuscript of Tractate Hullin of the Babylonian Talmud and of Rashi's Commentary, Very Rare ...

Fragments from a Manuscript of Tractate Hullin of the Babylonian Talmud and of Rashi's Commentary, Very Rare Writing, Version Variats, Circa the 14th Century

Fols. 1-5: Fragments from TB Hullin: Mishna of Chapter 5, followed by the Gemara, 68a; 75a-75b, 78b-80a.

Fols. 6-9: Fragments from Solomon ben Isaac's [Rashi] commentary on TB Hullin 68a-69b.

Many variants from the printed text.

[9] leaves, removed from a binding. Paper and parchment [9 paper leaves and one parchment leaf]. 12x19 cm. Byzantine semi-cursive script. End of 14^th cent. Or beginning of 15^th cent. [ca. 1400]. Edges torn and worming with some loss of text.

Alongside the manuscript of the Talmud and Rashi there are glosses and corrections in old handwriting, of different authors, perhaps one of them was the author of the manuscript of the Talmud and Rashi itself.

Unusual features:

Dimensions: The vast majority of extant medieval codices of the Talmud  are written on large parchment leaves, roughly twice the  size of the leaves in this manuscript. Small-format manuscripts of the Talmud, if any survive, are very rare.

The copy of the Talmud and Rashi commentary in one manuscript, though separate rather than in the same page. There are several manuscripts from the middle ages where the Talmud is copied together, usually in a different font but on the same page, Rashi commentary. But apparently on a manuscript such as ours in which Rashi is copied after the Talmud text on separate pages.

Variants:

Variations of form from the print in both the spelling and the order of words. There are also meaningful changes such as missing words compared to the print version.

Compared to both scanned handwritten manuscripts in the collection of Talmudic manuscripts, there are places where our manuscript agrees with one of the versions and other places where ours differ from both.

Rashi handwritten commentary with many changes from the text we are familiar with, both in the body of Rashi text and in the Dibbur Hamatkhil, i.e. the references to the Talmud.

Attached a certificate and a description of the manuscript by Prof. Benjamin Richler, Jerusalem.