Hebrew. PENTATEUCH ). Sepher Ezrath Hasopher, Chamishah Chumashei Torah, Tikun Sophrim Vavei Ha’amudim

(BIBLE,.

n.p.

Amsterdam

1767-1769

Without Nikud. Five parts bound in one volume. Title in Hebrew and Spanish dated 1767. Additional engraved opening title page by A. Santroos (dated 1769). Binding dated1899 with initials”A. d C. Sr.”

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1942 (without pagination); Ben Yaakov, p. 633, no.26,1

Prepared as a model for Scribes writing a Torah Scroll. The text is arranged to conform with Halachic Law relating to the Scribal arts. Each pair of facing pages represents one column of the Torah - traditionally 42 lines starting with the letter “Vav.” The “Shira” and “Ha’azinu” portions are printed on wider leaves and folded, to follow the wider columns necessary in the written Torah. These “Tikun Sophrim guides were published in two variants, both with and without Nikud. Vinograd does not differentiate between the two.