Description of British Library, Or 2348: Torah (תורה)contributorIlana TahancatalogerAgata PaluchThe Polonsky FoundationBritish Library2022-12-022022-12-02These images and the content of British Library Or 2348: Torah (תורה) are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.To the extent possible under law, British Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about British Library Or 2348: Torah (תורה). This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.Ibrahim ibn Yusuf ibn Sa῾id ibn Ibrahim al-Israili(Hebrew version of his name in Or 2211): inscribed with his name in the colophon, Sana, 1469 (154v-155r).Yosef ben Suliman/Solomon: inscribed with his name in two purchase notes (37v).Benyamin ben Avraham: inscribed with his name in two purchase notes (37v).Avraham ben Yosef ben Sa῾id Hanatsel owner: inscribed with his name in a purchase note, Adar .. .. [year is deleted] according to the Seleucid era (38r).Sala'am ben Yosef ben Avraham: inscribed with his name in a purchase note, Adar .. .. [year is deleted] according to the Seleucid era (38r).Ha-Kohen David ben Yosef: inscribed with his name in a purchase note, Adar .. .. [year is deleted] according to the Seleucid era (38r).Yosef ben Se῾adia: inscribed with his name in a purchase note, Adar .. .. [year is deleted] according to the Seleucid era (38r).Avraham ben Yosef: inscribed with his name in a purchase note, Adar .. .. [year is deleted] according to the Seleucid era (38r).Erased inscription in Hebrew characters (154).Yudah ben Se῾adia.. ..: inscribed with his name in the margin (156v).Erased inscription with Hebrew characters (158v).Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.United KingdomLondonBritish LibraryHebrew Manuscripts Digitisation ProjectOr 2348http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2348https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscriptsThe Pentateuch, with masorah magna, parva, vowel-points and accents. Maḥberet ha-tigan is prefixed.HebrewTorah (תורה)1vMaḥberet ha-tigan39vGenesis68rExodus92vLeviticus109vNumbers133rDeuteronomy
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158 folios; 158 folios Columns: 2; ruled lines: 25; written lines: 25; The beginning of each pericope is marked in the margin by a large ornamental ס. Each pericope is divided into 7 sections numbered with Hebrew letters in colours in the margin. The numbers of the commandments are written in red ink in the margins. The masorah magna occupies two lines in the upper and three lines in the lower margin.Yemenite square script, partially punctuated, of the 15th century. The scribe's name, Benayah ben Se῾adia ben Zekharyah ben Margaz, is not mentioned in the colophon. On his identification see 33.