Pentateuch with Haftarot and Megillot
Manuscript ID:
MS 1 3
Place:
Germany?
Date:
c. 14th century
Description:
ink on parchment, 154 leaves (24 x 18 cm.); text in two columns; Masorah above and below text, as well as intercolumnar; Ashkenazi square Hebrew characters
Copyist:
Benjamin
Former Owner:
Leon Yitshak
Subject:
Bible
English Text:
This Masoretic Pentateuch is extensively illuminated with red and green initial words to the parashiyot, and is decorated with flora and fauna as well as grotesques. The last page bears a lovely red and gold lion above the name of a former owner, Leon Yitshak (לאון יצחק).
Manuscript Link:
https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/959339128