Creator Bio
Salamone Candia
d. 1630
Not much is known about Salamone (Solomon) Candia’s life. He seems to have been from Verona, and while staying in Ferrara, he wrote a love letter to his bride. His works survive in one manuscript, MS Roth 701, University of Leeds, and include letters in both Hebrew and Judeo-Italian, poems, aphorisms, and a Judeo-Italian poem commemorating the Sabbath.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
Primary Source
Letter to His Bride
Most magnificent and honored bride, my lady I gaze upon you:
Since I left Piacenza, I can honestly say that I am far away from my life. Oh, how can I live, and how can I hold up my limbs when I am so…