Minchah Chadashah on parchment by Rabbi Hillel Baruch Shalom Kantoni and attached to a Torah scroll that was donated by his uncle Uri Meshulam Katoni to the great Italian synagogue in Mantua on [May 15, 1823].
[1] parchment. 11×9.5 cm. Beautiful Italian writing with margins.
On the parchment is an ownership declaration that the donor donated the book to the synagogue “on the condition that we can remove it from there whenever we want.”
Hillel Baruch Katoni was born in Mantua and from 1834 served as rabbi of Torino and the entire Piedmot region. Material about him is enclosed.
Very fine condition.