Lot 3
Collection of Early Leaf Fragments from Parchment Manuscripts, Used in Bindings - Yemen, 15th/16th Century
Collection of fragments from early parchment manuscripts. [Yemen, 15th/16th century?].
Four of these fragments previously served as bindings, and the fifth was presumably removed from within a binding.
• Fragment of the Taj (Yemenite Book of the Torah), Shemot (Chapter 33), with Targum Onkelos (supralinear and sublinear vocalization, alternately). • Fragment of a Torah scroll (on brown gevil), from Devarim (Chapter 4). • Two fragments from the Taj, Bamidbar (Chapters 10-11), with Targum Onkelos (supralinear vocalization). • Fragment of the Taj, Devarim (Chapter 29), with Targum Onkelos (supralinear vocalization).
5 parchment leaves, size and degree of damage vary.
