Vatican MS. Vat. Ebr. 506

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican, Vatican)

Codex

Parchment

Brown (iron-gall)

Calamus

There is ruling

Metallic point leaving coloured traces

Framework only

20

203

135.5

116.5

59

1415

15th Century CE

Italy

Hebrew

No vowels or accents

Colophon: “And thus the sacred work was completed by the hand of Menahem the Younger, and Ḥay [ח״י], whom I wrote and completed this commentary for my esteemed teacher, Rabbi Judah, my third-degree brother (אחי שלישי ב"ב). I completed it today, Friday, the twenty-eighth day of the month of Tevet, 175 [= 1414/1415 CE].

May the Lord grant him the merit of studying it, as well as the other sacred books, together with his descendants and their descendants, until the end of all generations. Amen. And may the verse written in Scripture be fulfilled in him: ‘You shall meditate upon it day and night’ (Joshua 1:8), etc.

And may my portion, Menahem the Younger, son of the honoured Rabbi Isaac (בכ"ר יצחק), be treasured together with the other righteous men who bring merit to the many, who shall stand and rise like the stars for ever and ever. And peace be upon all Israel. Amen.

With the help of the Faithful One, and by His aid (בנל״ך ואע״י).” (120a)

https://sfardata.nli.org.il/#/manuscript/0E169 (Date accessed: 2026-11-12)

990000943880205171

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/itempage?vid=KTIV&scope=KTIV&docId=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990000943880205171&SearchTxt=ebr.%20506,AND (Date accessed: 2026-11-12)

https://digi.vatlib.it/mss/detail/Vat.ebr.506 (Date accessed: 2026-11-12)

P. Vian, «Una cambiale scontata prima di presentarsi ufficialmente allo sportello»? Achille Ratti prefetto della biblioteca vaticana (1914-1918), In Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae XVIII, 2011

Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae codicum manuscriptorum catalogus ... S.E. Assemanus ... et J. S. Assemanus, I: Codices ebraicos et samaritanos (Romae 1756)

Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican Library; Catalogue, ..., edited by Benjamin Richler, palaeographical and codicological descriptions by Malachi Beit-Arié in collaboration with Nurit Pasternak. Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2008 (Studi e Testi 438).