Parchment leaf from the Book of Bereshit. [Sephardic lands, ca. 12th century].
Written in three columns, in vocalized Oriental script characteristic of the 11th and 12th centuries.
The leaf contains fragments of Bereshit 19:13-21:8. Contains Masoretic notes in margins and between columns (Masorah Gedolah and Masorah Ketanah). At the top of the first page are added two other verses by a later scribe.
Some of the text is faded and difficult to read. In other places the writing was retraced by a later scribe.
At the top of the first page is an inscription in Oriental semi-cursive script: "Holy to the Lord, G-d of Israel".
[1] parchment leaf (two pages). Approx. 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Open tears, affecting text, repaired with paper filling. Ink faded in some places. Inscriptions.
