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| Title |
Biblical fragments ('Second Gaster Bible') with masorah magna and parva (Fragments from the Pentateuch) |
| Origin |
Egypt |
| Date |
Last quarter of the 11th century or 1st quarter of the 12th century |
| Language |
Hebrew |
| Script |
Oriental square script, punctuated |
| Decoration |
Numerous golden rosettes and medallions between the lines, the text columns and in the margins, in colours and gold. |
| Dimensions in mm |
390 x 290 (310 x 250) in three columns |
| Official foliation |
ff. 37 (+1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and at the end) |
| Collation |
In its present form the fragments of the parchment folios are stamped on paper leaves. Catchwords on every verso. |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 150; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed (f. [38v]). |
| Notes |
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).
Bezalel Narkiss, Kitvei yad ivriyim metzuyarim (Jerusalem: Keter, 1984), p. 23.
Ilana Tahan, Hebrew Manuscripts: The Power of Script and Image (London, British Library, 2007), pp. 20-21. |
