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Or 1445
Title:
Samaritan Torah scroll fragment
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
4 membranes
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_1445 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Samaritan
Scripts:
Samaritan
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Or 1445

Samaritan Torah scroll fragment

Contents

A fragment of a Samaritan Torah scroll containing Numbers 5:13-31:12.

Language(s): Samaritan

ff. 1r-1v
Title: ספר תורה שומרוני (קטע)
Title: Sefer Torah Shomroni (ḳeṭaʿ)

Physical Description

Fragment of a parchment scroll of the 15th century.
Form: scroll
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 4 membranes
Dimensions (leaf): 2635 × 445 mm.

Condition

Usage stains.

Ruling in hard point is visible.

Layout

Columns:17

Ruled lines: 70

Written lines: 70

First and last membranes have 5 columns, second membrane 4 columns, and the third membrane 3 columns.

Hand(s)

Samaritan script of the 15th century.

Binding

Boxed.

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David: A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_1445 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Margoliouth, G. Descriptive List of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1893), p. 93.
    Von Gall, August Freiherr, Hebräische Pentateuch der Samaritaner (Giessen: Alfred Töpelmann, 1914-1918), T, p. xxi.
    Crown, Alan David, A catalogue of the Samaritan manuscripts in the British Library (London: British Library, 1998), no. 171.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL