(Bible). Books of Proverbs, Song of Songs, Jonah, Esther, Ezra, Ruth, Lamentations, Habakuk, Malachi, Obadiah and Daniel. Also with Hebrew grammatical notes.

(KARAITICA).

(Constantinople)

Mid-19th century

Manuscript on paper. Written in Romaniot-Byzantine Hebrew script. Previous owner’s inscription “Monsieur I. Japhet.”

A new Karaite Judeo-Turkish translation. This manuscript sheds new light on the genre and language in Karaite Turkic Bible translations from the Crimea and Constantinople. See accompanying article and material by the Karaite scholar Prof. Dan Shapira of Bar Ilan University, who notes this manuscript is one of the earliest Constantinople-Turkish Bible translation made by Karaites.