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Collection ID: 0047 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Or 5405 The Pentateuch scroll.

Title

The Pentateuch scroll.

Funders

Call number

Or 5405
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

Publisher

British Library

Language

Hebrew

Origin

Between 1500 and 1599
Place
Yemen

Summary

The Pentateuch scroll.

Notes

Extent

14 membranes, 52 columns.; 14 membranes, 52 columns.

Support

Leather

Binding

BM in-house. Boxed.

Layout

  • Columns: 52; ruled lines: 48; written lines: 48; Uniform layout. Ruling by hard point. Visible pricking and stiching. 52 columns in total, three to four columns per membrane. Three tagin on the letters שעטנזגץ, one tag on the letter קחהרדב. Columns generally do not begin with a new verse.
  • Script

  • Yemenite square script of the 16th century.
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