Taj: Sepher Vayikra [Book of Leviticus]. Large fragment with Targum and commentary by Saadiah Gaon.

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $9,500

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author

(BIBLE).

Place

Yemen

Publication

14th century

Description

Manuscript in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew with Nikud, written in a square Yemenite hand on vellum.

summary

A portion of an early Yemenite Bible. Each Biblical verse is followed by the Aramaic translation of Onkelus and the Arabic commentary of Rabbi Saadiah Gaon. The oldest Yemenite manuscripts are those of the Hebrew Bible, which the Yemenite Jews call “Taj” (crown).

ff. (45). Variously worn and stained, several leaves heavily damaged with loss of text. Bound into modern boards. Sm. folio.

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