Parchment manuscript leaves, Mishneh Torah by the Rambam. [Spain or the Spanish diaspora, ca. 15th century].

Parchment leaves reused as binding. The present item consists of five leaves, cut in various ways. Sephardic script, in two columns. 35 lines per column.

On leaves 1-2: Hilchot Tumat Ochalin 13:10-15:7. On leaves 3-5: Hilchot Tumat Ochalin from 16:1 to end, and beginning of Hilchot Kelim up to 4:1.

On p. 3a is a (partial) image of a pillar between the columns. On p. 4b, a significant amount of the writing is either faded or erased (an impression of some of the erased text was transferred onto p. 5a).

British Library Ms. Or. 12317 contains several Genizah fragments, including three leaves that were preserved from the same manuscript (from chapter 5 of Hilchot Tumat Ochalin and chapters 21-25 of Hilchot Kelim).

5 leaves. Varying size as a result of trimming for binding (maximum size of leaves: 32 cm). Varying quality of text area due to binding. Stains and damage. Worming.