Manuscript, Targum Onkelos on the Torah. [Yemen, ca. 17th/18th century]. Aramaic.
Yemenite script, with supralinear vocalization. Some gatherings may have been written at an earlier date than the rest of the manuscript. Lacking several leaves at beginning, middle and end. The manuscript begins in the middle of Parashat Bereshit and ends at the conclusion of Parashat Haazinu.
At the end of the volume, a later leaf is added, with a notable ownership inscription, dated 1938, attesting to the distinction and accuracy of the present volume: "Belongs to the synagogue. May the one who reads from it rejoice and live. Moreover, it is accurate, based on the ancients, 'whose least part was thicker than our loins', and whose holy way was wider than our minds… And I heard from reliable sources that the Targum was read from it in the presence of the renowned Geonim of the generation before the previous generation… The words of Sa'id[?] Yichya…".
[3], 5-255, [3] leaves (misfoliation). 16 cm. Varying condition, good-fair to fair. Stains, wear and tears. Marginal open tears to many leaves, some with open tears, affecting headers and text. New binding, with parchment spine.
