Jehiel ben Jekuthiel Anav

[1] Jehiel lived in Rome during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries where he was a famous scholar, writer, poet (of Piyyutim/liturgical poetry), and a copyist.

The Maalot HaMiddot (Hebrew: מעלות המדות),[8] written during the 13th century while its author was in Rome, Italy,[9][10] was originally published in Constantinople as "Beit Middot" in 1511/1512;[11][12][2] what is now Maalot HaMiddot was published 1556 in Cremona.

[13] This musar sefer begins and ends with a poetic work, and describes 24 character trait elevations[9] in ethical conduct.

"[9] Jehiel ben Jekuthiel Anav was the copyist who hand-copied what today is known as the Leiden Jerusalem Talmud.

Yechiel states at the beginning of the manuscript that he finished writing Zeraim and Moed on the 12th day of the month of Shevat.

He subsequently states that he finished Nashim and Nizikin one and a half months later; the latter is two of the six orders of the Jerusalem Talmud in about six weeks.

[1] However, Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adoniyahu considered the Leiden Manuscript the least accurate copy of the Jerusalem Talmud.

It had been entrusted to the Library by the notable Protestant scholar Joseph Scaliger who was a professor at Leiden.

[3] Recently the Academy of Hebrew Language published an exact transcription of the Leiden Talmud along with carefully annotated corrections.