The Jewish Encylopedia (1906) says "Figo was an excellent scribe, and the scrolls which he wrote are highly prized," which sounds like a fanciful interpretation of the Chida.
Monday, May 16, 2011
A 182 year old piece of ephemera about a definitely non-ephemeral 185 year old Torah scroll.
This notice of a raffle of a Sefer Torah written by R. Azariah Figo (1579-1647) is from London, 1829. In Scem Aghedolim the Chida writes: "והיה סופר מהיר וכותב ס"ת כתיבה תמה ואני ראיתי ס"ת מכ"י הקדושה כתיבה מהודרת מאד וס"ת מכתיבתו שוה לע"ע סך גדול." Perhaps the scroll he saw was this one!
