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

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $2,000

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author

(BIBLE).

Place

Orient

Publication

10th-11th centuries

Description

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.

summary

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)

Some staining. 205 x 160 mm. Framed.

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