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This book of Exodus, written for the Karaite community in Egypt or Palestine, is remarkable for its coloring, the Islamic-style gold decorations, and the fact that the Hebrew biblical text has been…
Palimpsest of a Piyyut by Yannai
This vellum palimpsest (a palimpsest is where an original text was effaced to allow for a second text to be written over it) originally contained Psalm 22 from Origen’s Hexapla , a work from the third…
Aleppo Codex
The famed Aleppo Codex is probably the most important medieval copy of the Hebrew Bible, considered one of the oldest copies of the Bible and especially valued for containing almost the complete text…
Bible Codex
Only a few pages from this tenth- or eleventh-century decorated Pentateuch survive. The parchment pages present the biblical text surrounded by Masoretic notes in micrography, bringing together two…
Bible Codex
This intricately decorated vellum Pentateuch was produced in Persia. In addition to the Masorah magna and parva (see Masoretes, “Masorah”), this manuscript contains the Aramaic Targum Onkelos, here…
Bible Codex
Only a few pages from this decorated Pentateuch survive. Decorated with gold, this page shows the Temple and its implements.