Text of the Pentateuch and haftarot; begins with Bereshit XI, 4; concludes with Isaiah 40:13 (hafṭarat ʻEḳev); accompanied by Masorah. A few pages at the end of Ṿa-yiḳra and at the beginning of Devarim seem to be missing and replaced by pages from a printed book.
Formerly held in the Library of Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning; given to Dropsie College from the collection of Mayer Sulzberger in or before the 1920s.
213 leaves : parchment; 250 x 200 (145 x 125) mm bound to 265 x 220 mm
Personal Name:
Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923, former owner.
Corporate Name:
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
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Notes:
Collation: Parchment, ii (20th-century) + 213 + ii (20th-century); 1-5⁸ 6⁸(-1) 7-16⁸ 17⁶ 18¹² 19⁸ 20⁴ 21-27⁸; [1-131, 133-214], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords on the last leaf of many gatherings, lower left verso.; Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description.; Ms. codex.; Layout: Written in 2 columns.; Script: Written in Sephardic square script.; Origin: Written in Western Europe in the 14th or 15th century?; Binding: Modern (20th-century) leather.; Hebrew (vocalized and with accents).
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