Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Fol. 1214
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Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Fol. 1214
Erfurt 4
Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Item Nature
Codex
Writing
Parchment
Brown (iron-gall)
Quill
Ruling
There is ruling
Hard point
Grid of single vertical and horizontal lines
27
28
Date
1200
the dating 1200 is according to https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/
Place
Ashkenaz
Ashkenaz
Language
- Hebrew
- Aramaic
Subject Field
Bible
Vowels and Signs
Complete
Tiberian
Other
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.
J. Penkower, “The Ashkenazi Pentateuch Tradition as Reflected in the Erfurt Hebrew Bible Codices and Torah Scrolls”, in F. Bussert – S. Laubenstein – M. Stürzebrecher (eds), Zu Bild und Text im jüdisch-christlichen Kontext im Mittelalter (Erfurter Schriften zur jüdischen Geschichte 3; Erfurt: Jena, Bussert & Stadeler, 2014), p118-141
Letter
Aleph
Beth
Gimel
Daleth
He
Zayin
Ḥeth
Ṭeth
Yod
Kaph
Lamed
Mem: final
'Ayin
Pe: final
Shin/Sin
Tav
