University of California, Berkeley, 4MS BS718.S22 1000

Metadata

DS ID:

DS12425

Shelfmark:

4MS BS718.S22 1000

Title:

Al Taphsir; commentary on the Pentateuch

Author:

Saʻadia ben Joseph, 882-942

Saadia Gaon WIKIDATA

Place:

Ṣanʻāʼ, Yemen

Sana'a TGN

Date:

between 1400 and 1499?

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Aramaic in Hebrew letters with Syriac vocalization

Aramaic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 (133 paper ; 23 x 16 cm

Note:

Title from accompanying manuscript leaf.
Origin: A Yemen manuscript, previously thought to have been from the 11th century; more likely from the 15th century or later. Discovered by Ephraim Deinard in Sana, Arabia Felix.
Binding: Modern quarter leather over cloth boards.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 4MS BS718.S22 1000.
Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, Mss 700s.S111.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

Commentaries

Manuscripts, Aramaic

Bible. Pentateuch

Manuscripts, Hebrew

California--Berkeley

Institutional Record:

https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991038760489706532

Holding Institution:

University of California, Berkeley