I Chronicles 8:33-9:12; 13:3-15:9 (Two fragments)

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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I Chronicles 8:33-9:12; 13:3-15:9 (Two fragments)

Two leaves. 21 lines per column. Black ink on vellum. Oriental Hebrew script. Vowel points above letters. Masoretic notes in margins and at bottom of page. Some staining. 205 x 160 mm. Framed.

Orient: 10th-11th centuries

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

The vowel points are situated above the letters in conformity to the Babylonian system (also adopted in Yemen), as opposed to the Tiberian system prevalent today whereby, for the most part, the vowel points are placed below the letters. See EJ, Vol. II, col. 718, fig. 16 (excerpt from Book of Ezekiel in Babylonian script, 916 c.e., Leningrad Public Library, Firkovitch ms. B.3)