[Fragment from a Torah scroll].
[קטע מספר תורה].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Colker, Marvin L., former owner.

Standardized Title:

Bible. Numbers

תנ"ך. במדבר.

תנ"ך. במדבר כ"א:כ"ו-כ"ב:ה'.

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

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

Jews.

Jews--Spain--15th century--History--Sources.

Jews--Africa, North--14th century--History--Sources.

Jews--Africa, North--15th century--History--Sources.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Marvin L. Colker, cataloger of manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin and professor of classics at the University of Virgina (former call number MLC 019); purchased by Colker from Bernard M. Rosenthal in 1978 (Christie's).

Sold by Christie's London, Online auction 21173 (November 28, 2022) as part of the collection of Marvin L. Colker.

Physical Description:

1 leaf : parchment ; 196 x 190 mm.

Place of Publication:

[Spain? North Africa?], [14th or 15th century].

[ספרד? צפון אפריקה?], [המאה ה14-15].

Language Note:

Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a fragment from a Torah scroll, surviving at Numbers XXI:26, [כי חשבון] עיר סיחן מלך האמרי הוא until XXII:5, [וישלח מלאכים אל בלעם בן בעור פתורה אשר [על הנהר.

Notes:

Ms. fragment.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Layout: Written in at least 20 lines, frame-ruled (above line), possibly by a blade.

Script: Written in a Sephardic square script (slightly rounded edges, with tagin (specific letter crowns)).

Origin: Written in Spain or North Africa (based on script and parchment grain) in the 14th or first half of the 15th centuries.

Item creased and worn; formerly in a binding.

Cited as:

Fragment from a Torah scroll. (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 631). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1378076421

Access Restriction:

Access to this item is subject to staff review (housed in flat lying box under Island 2).