Item Summary

Bible, includes includes masorah magna and parva; Pentateuch with interlinear Aramaic Targum; the five scrolls; the Haftorah; Job; and selections from Jeremiah (2:29-11:15). Commissioned by Yakar ben Samson.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Bible].
Call Number
46.2
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rx914020t
Publisher
[1313]
Language
Hebrew
Date Created
1313
Format
Manuscript
Extent
336 leaves : parchment ; 450 x 320 mm.
Provenance
Obtained through Bernard Rosenthal, Jan. 6, 1968, by William H. Scheide from Abraham I. Katsch in Russia.
Source Acquisition
Gift; William H. Scheide, Class of 1936.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. 336 ; foliation in ink using Western numerals.
Layout: 31 lines per page in three columns.
Description: Vowel signs.
Decoration: Text written to create full-page geometric design (fol. 1a). Header of alternating red and blue initials containing animals (fol. 1b). Large illuminated headpieces in red, blue, gold and black of arch with two towers, bird, foliage, and geometric designs (fol. 65a and 210a). Illuminated section headers in red and black with gold letters (the final laid out but not completed). Numerous animals and grotesques throughout.
Origin: Copy completed in 1313 by Solomon ben Neriyah.
Binding Note
Later binding. 16th century (?) in pigskin. Blind-stamped with concentric frames. Two ball-and-loop fasteners (restored and new leather thongs added in 1968 by European Bookbinding Co.).

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Hebrew—New Jersey—Princeton
Manuscripts, Aramaic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
676

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cc807504-496d-4f2e-a572-fa142f1e95c7/manifest