Abraham Farissol (b. 1452; d. after 1528) is renowned as a skilled, prolific scribe who also conducted an impressive career as an author, teacher, community leader, musician, and cantor. The more than fifty-four extant manuscripts penned by him provide evidence of his lifelong activity as a Sephardi immigrant scribe in northern Italy and demonstrate his individual handwritings and book-making art alongside his skills as a teacher and publisher.

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Abraham Farissol (b. 1452; d. after 1528) is especially renowned as a skilled, prolific scribe. More than fifty-four m…