[Song of the Sea fragment from a small Bible].
[שירת הים, קטע מתנ"ך קטן].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Bible. Exodus, XV, 4-23.

תנ"ך. שמות, ט"ו:ד-כ"ג.

תנ"ך. שמות, ט"ו, א-י"ח.

תנ"ך. שמות. ארמית. אונקלוס.

Language:

Aramaic

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews--Germany--13th century--History--Sources.

Jews.

Jews--Germany--14th century--History--Sources.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 140 (22 February 2023) item 190.

Physical Description:

1 leaf : parchment ; 180 x 220 (130 x 150) mm.

Place of Publication:

[Germany?], [1250?-1350?].

[גרמניה?], [1250?-1350?].

Language Note:

Hebrew; Targum in Aramaic, translated from Hebrew.

Summary:

Leaf from a 14th century parchment Biblical codex, surviving as binding waste, with much of the text of the Song of the Sea present (folio begins on recto with בים סוף (XV:4) until (23) ולא יכלו [לשתות מים ממרה]; verso). The layout of the Song of the Sea in this manuscript is a strict layout, varying from the Ashkenazic custom; for example, hyphenated words are broken apart to adhere to the pattern of one and two words in the inner column (for example, "בים | סוף", line 1); the culmination of the Song (יהוה ימלך לעלם ועד) separated into pairs (verso); כי בא (verse 19) continues in the standard layout (indicating the Song ends at 18); compare the layouts in the Mahzor Vitry (The British Library, London, England Add. 27200, f. 206r), and Vatican Library Urb.ebr.1 (a parchment Hebrew and Aramaic codex dating from 1294; f. 80v-81r). Item damaged by worming.

Notes:

Ms. fragment.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Layout: Written in 20 lines, frame-ruled in drypoint (double vertical bounding lines at inner margin; single vertical bounding line at outer margin); Targum text ruled separately, with text adjoining Biblical text.

Script: Written in an Ashkenazic-Gothic square script, in a neat scribal hand; Targum written in a finer size in a German square script; all script vocalized and with accents and cantillation.

Origin: Written in Germany between 1250 and 1350 (script).

Cited as:

Song of the Sea fragment from a small Bible. (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 684). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

Contains:

Bible. Exodus, XV, 1-18

Bible. Exodus. Aramaic. Onḳelos.

תנ"ך. שמות, ט"ו, א-י"ח.

תנ"ך. שמות. ארמית. אונקלוס.

OCLC:

1419990908

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