[Samaritan Torah Scroll]; [ספר תורה שומרוני]

Name:

Yaacob I ben Aaharon ben Shalma, 120th Samaritan High Priest, -1916; Annenberg Research Institute. Rare ms.76

Timespan:

20th century

Date:

1913

Description:

Samaritan Pentateuch (Torah) scroll, written by a known scribe.

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Deposited by Dr. Solomon Solis Cohen to Dropsie College.; Solis-Cohen, Solomon, ǂd 1857-1948, former owner.; Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.

Subject:

Samaritans -- History -- 20th century -- Sources

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 roll (50 sheets) : paper; 35 x 2210 cm.

Geographic Subject:

Nablus -- 20th century -- History -- Sources

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. roll.; Layout: Written in 148 columns of mostly 60 lines; three columns per sheet (with the exception of one sheet close to the beginning).; Script: Written in a Samaritan cursive script (typically of later hands), with some majuscule charachters, in the hand of Yaacob I ben Aaharon ben Shalma, 120th Samaritan High Priest (romanized Yaʻaḳov ben Aharon ben Shelomoh ha-Kohen).; Origin: Written in Nablus (Shekhem, also known as Sichem) in 1913.; Scroll unsupported; green paper copy of the colophon pasted to bottom of scroll at center.; Hebrew (Samaritan charachters; derived from the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet).

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 76