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Signature of Gabriel Agol

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Title

Signature of Gabriel Agol

Subject

Agol, Gabriel ben Mosheh, active 1605

Description

This is the signature and purchase inscription of Gabriel Agol, son of Mosheh, in a copy of David de Pomis's Tsemaḥ Daṿid. Sources mention a Jew named Gabriel Agol living in Cuneo in 1607. A teacher and secretary in the Cuneo community named Reushav Mordekai b.R. Gamali'el of Foligno gave Agol a copy of his manuscript, Śefat ha-iam, on January 16, 1607. Thus, while not a rabbi, Agol was probably a learned man, owner of at least one book and one manuscript.

Agol's inscription reads:
שנת שסו
בכסף מלא קניתי זה עני גבריאל בכ׳׳מ משה
עגול יצ׳׳ו

Translation:
Year 366 [1605/1606]
I bought it [the book] at full price
Poor Gabriel son of the [living] beloved teacher Mosheh Agol

The word "living" is a shortened translation of the acronym יצ״ו, literally "May his rock keep him and grant him life."

Creator

Agol, Gabriel ben Mosheh, active 1605

Source

Transcription, translation, and research courtesy of Fabrizio Quaglia.

Boḳsenboim, Yaʻaḳov (ed.) Igrot melamdim : Iṭalyah, 315-351 (1555-1591). Tel-Aviv: Ḥayim Rozenberg, 1985. 37-43 (chiefly 41-42).

Segre, Renata (ed.) The Jews in Piedmont. Jerusalem : Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1988. 1016.

Date

1605 or 1606

Rights

Digital Image: Washington University in Saint Louis

Format

Ink

Language

Hebrew

Type

Signature, inscription

Identifier

bri_ins_tsemahdavid_agol_0849.jpg

Citation

Agol, Gabriel ben Mosheh, active 1605, “Signature of Gabriel Agol,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed March 28, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14838.