Menaḥem Egozi’s Gal shel egozim (Nut Garden)
These are two pages from a book printed by Doña Reina Mendes at the Hebrew printing press she founded at her residence, Belvedere. This work, Gal shel egozim (Nut Garden) by Menaḥem Egozi, is a collection of homilies on the book of Genesis.
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Menahem Egozi, from Gal shel egozim (Belvedere, 1593?). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Menahem Egozi, from Gal shel egozim (Belvedere, 1593?). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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