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| 170 ff. (1–98, <1>, 99–110, 112–169 + 170; ff. 71v and 92v blank). Parchment. 317 × 227
(217 × 129) mm. Quaternions. Two columns. <Germany>, 14th century. Ashkenazic
square script.
תורה (דברים), מגילות והפטרות] ] Pentateuch (Deuteronomy), Five Scrolls and haftarot
according to the Ashkenazic rite. Order of the books: Deuteronomy, Esther,
haftarot for Shabbat Rosh H. odesh and Mah. ar H. odesh, Ruth, Lamentations and
Ecclesiastes. The texts of Deuteronomy and Esther were copied twice in parallel
columns, in the right column with vowel points and accents and in the left
column without the vowel points and accents. Apparently, the codex was used
as a tikkun for practicing the reading of the Torah and Esther Scrolls at prayer
services. Cf. the description of the first part of this manuscript in MS Vat. ebr. 4.
The other texts are supplied with vowel points and accents. In the margins an
owner added haftarot according to the Italian rite.
Decorations at the beginnings of some books. Some catchwords decorated with
animal motifs.
Copied by Jacob b. Moses who also copied the last part of MS Vat. ebr. 4.
Colophon (f. 71r): חזק ונתחזק יעקב ב"ר משה הסופר לא יוזק, לא היום ולא לעולם, עד שיעלה חמור
בסולם, ובאיזה סלם אשר יעקב חלם . The scribe also singled out his name in the text (ff.
68v, 69v, 70r, 108v, 109v, 114r et al.). F. 170v is a later completion of the last folio
by the same hand that copied ff. 1 and 38 in MS Vat. ebr. 4 and includes a
spurious colophon dating the manuscript to 24 Sivan 4600=840 נכתב בשנת ארבעת
אלפים ושש מאות לחדש סיון בארבעה ועשרים יום לחדש בעזרת האל יתברך . Similar spurious
colophons bearing the same exact date are found at the end of MSS Vat. ebr. 4
and 6. Assemani and Kennicott considered all three manuscripts to be volumes
or parts of a single codex. In fact, MS Vat. ebr. 5 is a continuation of MS Vat. ebr.
4, but MS Vat. ebr. 6 is not related to the other volumes.
Kennicott 226. Assemani recorded the manuscript as olim Palatinus. |
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