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ISAAC BEN MEIR OF DÜREN. Sha’arei Dura [Rabbinic Code]. With commentaries Second edition. Printer’s device of seven-branched candelabrum on title (Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks 14). On title, signature of former owners ”Raphael Rovigo” and ”Samuel Foa.” On final page, signature of censor ”Dominico Irosolimitano, 1598” (Wm. Poppers,The Censorship of Hebrew Books, Censors' Inscriptions, Pl. IV, no. 1). The Israel Mehlman copy. ff. 64. Wormed, old tape repairs, some text affected. Modern boards. 8vo. Vinograd, Venice 359. Venice: Meir Parenzo 1548 A partial Code, dealing with dietary and menstrual laws, composed in the latter part of the 13th-century, it is considered most authoritative and is often quoted by the final codifiers. Sources and reasons for decisions are provided, the authorities quoted are almost entirely Franco-German. See EJ, Vol. VI, col. 261-262. A partial Code, dealing with dietary and menstrual laws, composed in the latter part of the 13th-century, it is considered most authoritative and is often quoted by the final codifiers. Sources and reasons for decisions are provided, the authorities quoted are almost entirely Franco-German. See EJ, Vol. VI, col. 261-262.