![]() ![]() The Masoretic annotations are the collection of critical notes, compiled in the 7th–10th centuries by Jewish scribes and scholars known as the Masoretes and accepted as the authoritative regulator of the written and vocalized transmission of the Hebrew Bible. Pentateuch is a term for the first five books of the Hebrew Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. In 1975 it was acquired by the Jewish National and University Library (what later became the National Library of Israel). The manuscript belonged to the Jewish community of Damascus (hence its name) until 1915, when it was acquired by the collector and bibliophile D.S. Written on parchment in oriental square script, the text is in three columns per page, 20 lines per column. The manuscript is defective in its beginning, as it starts with Genesis 9:26 Exodus 18:1–23 is also missing. It includes full vocalization, accentuation, and Masoretic annotation. The Damascus Pentateuch, from around the year 1000, is one of the oldest extant Hebrew biblical manuscripts. # 10) Damascus Pentateuch Masoretic Manuscript – Keter Damesek – כתר דמשק ![]() The descriptions have been quoted from the World Digital Library and linked to their website: We have added a few very rare and significant manuscripts to the manuscripts page. 24) writes: ‘The text is a model of beauty and correctness and in strict accordance with the מסרת.’ 47r-v) or space over space (The Song of Moses, Deuteronomy 32:1-43, ff. The pentateuchal text and non-poetic hagiographa are written throughout in 2 columns, with the exception of the poetical parts of the Torah, which are written either text over space (The Song of the Sea, Exodus 15:1-18, ff. These are probably not the work of the original scribe or naqdan. Crude taggim (‘crowns’) have been added to a number of letters in Genesis 1, including בראשית. ![]() Omissions from the text are given by the naqdan (presumably) in the margin, using larger letters than the masora and marking them with a supralinear dot, for example לשרת at Exodus 39:26, f. The word in the text to which masoretic notes refer is marked with two tiny supralinear dots, side by side. the rubric noting the middle of a biblical book) are also treated decoratively (e.g., the micrographic lion at the end of the book of Daniel, f. 89v), seder and paraša markers in the Pentateuch are all gilded or rubricated. The stars of David (which occur occasionally at the end of books, for instance, at the end of Leviticus, f. Illuminated Hebrew Bible (Pentateuch and Hagiographa) with full Tiberian vocalisation and cantillation (gaʿya is rare rafe occurs over quiescent he and alef), masora parva and magna (often in the form of micrographic geometric designs, flora and even fauna). 652, from Spain, dated to 14 th-15 th centuries, has been posted online.įrom the description on Cambridge University Library Website: Illuminated Masoretic Tanach Manuscript from Cambridge University Library MS Add. ![]()
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