Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Fol. 1215

Erfurt 6

Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Scroll

Parchment

Brown (iron-gall)

Quill

There is ruling

Hard point

Grid of single vertical and horizontal lines

48

49

most likely written in the first half of the fourteenth century

14th Century CE

Hubmann - Oesch, “Betrachtungen zu den Torarollen”, p. 115. Many thanks to Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, who in a personal conversation helped date the scroll as such: MS or. fol. 1215 (MS Erfurt 6) was most likely written in the first half of the fourteenth century. This dating differ from what is written in the online catalogue of the Berlin State Library, where the dating is as follows: MS or. fol. 1215 (MS Erfurt 6): thirteenth century. At the Erfurt Collection website: www.juedisches-leben.erfurt.de/jl/en/middle-ages/hebrew_manuscripts/research/index (03.05.2021) the datings are as follows: MS or. fol. 1215 (Erfurt 6), end of the thirteenth century.

Ashkenaz

Hebrew

Bible

No vowels or accents

Written before 1349. In this year they came into the possession of the city council of Erfurt during a pogrom related to the Black Death. Even though there are no dated inscriptions on the scrolls themselves and thus an exact date is unavailable, it must predate 1349.

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