Binyamin Ze'ev Responsa - Venice, 1539 - Handwritten Glosses by the Author Rabbi Binyamin ben Matatya of Arta

Binyamin Ze'ev Responsa - Venice, 1539 - Handwritten Glosses by the Author Rabbi Binyamin ben Matatya of Arta
Lacking copy: the copy before us contains leaves 131-575. The end is complete.
The book caused a great polemic. About the author, his book and the polemic regarding it, see the comprehensive research of Meir Benayahu in his book "Mavo La'Sefer Binyamin Ze'ev" (Jerusalem, 1989), which contains about 250 pp. on the subject.
On page 161 of the above book, Benayahu states that there are several corrections in Romaniote script and they appear in the same handwriting in all copies, leaving no doubt that they were handwritten by Rabbi Binyamin.

The handwritten corrections that appear in the copy before us are on leaves 210, 260, 337, 339, 405, 456 (a large addition of 14 lines), 501. (For a detailed description of the corrections, please see Hebrew description)
On leaf 294: an illustration of the holy tree of the ten spheres.
Ownership stamps:
"Chanoch Pifano" - a Rabbi, Dayan and Torah Scholar of Salonika. Died in 1819.
"Avraham Puah"
On leaf 392, a signature: "Elisha Ha'Cohen Me'Eli … ben Shlomo Ha'Cohen Me'Eli". Under this signature, a curly signature: "Avraham Puah".

131-575 leaves. 20 cm.
Condition: Good. No binding. Detached leaves. Last leaves are stained and worn. Thick leaves.