I just came across this article by Professor Simcha Emanuel, about the sorry textual state of Sefer Or Zarua, an important halakhic work from medieval Vienna.
Interesting. From what I understand, the reason for the paucity of manuscripts is due to the book's length, as well as to the fact that a large portion of it is devoted to summarization (e.g. of Raavya) rather that to original argumentation. Is this the whole picture?
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Interesting. From what I understand, the reason for the paucity of manuscripts is due to the book's length, as well as to the fact that a large portion of it is devoted to summarization (e.g. of Raavya) rather that to original argumentation. Is this the whole picture?
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