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Detailed record for Oriental 9879
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| Title |
Biblical fragments (the 'First Gaster Bible') with masorah magna and parva (sections from Psalms) |
| Origin |
Egypt |
| Date |
10th century |
| Language |
Hebrew |
| Script |
Oriental square script, punctuated |
| Decoration |
Numerous space fillers with gold, red and blue. |
| Dimensions in mm |
330 x 260 (220 x 180) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 40 (+1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the end) |
| Collation |
Indeterminable. |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 151; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed (f. [42v]). |
| Notes |
Ruling is visible. Fragmentary. |
| Select bibliography |
M. Gaster, Illuminated Hebrew Bibles of the IXth and Xth Centuries (Codices OR. Gaster, Nos. 150 and 151) and a Samaritan Scroll of the Law of the XIth Century (Codex OR. Gaster, No. 350) (London: Harrison and Sons, 1901).
Ilana Tahan, Hebrew Manuscripts: The Power of Script and Image (London, British Library, 2007), pp. 18-19.
Sacred: Books of the Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (London: British Library, 2007), p. 60 [exhibition catalogue]. |
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f. 14v
Space fillers and marginal decoration |
f. 17
Space fillers and marginal decoration |
f. 23v
Space fillers and marginal decoration |
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