Item Summary

Ms. 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
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.
Scribe: Solomon ben Neriyah, who completed it in 1313 A.D.
Decoration: 2 large illuminations with architectural motifs; each book has title in large gold initials (the final laid out but not completed); numerous animals and grotesques throughout.
Binding Note
16th century (?) pigskin with bosses (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
Illuminated manuscripts—14th century
Parchment
Bosses (Bindings)
Pigskin bindings

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