Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Hebrew—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Aramaic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Former owner

• Katsh, Abraham Isaac, 1908-1998 [Browse]

Donor

• Scheide, William H. (William Hurd), 1914-2014 [Browse]

Bookseller

• Rosenthal, Bernard M. [Browse]

Binder

• European Book Binding [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Scheide 136 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Bosses (Bindings) [Browse]
• Pigskin bindings [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—14th century [Browse]
• Parchment [Browse]

Summary note

Ms. Bible, includes includes masorah magna and parva; Pentateuch with interlinear Aramaic Targum; the five scrolls; the Haftorah; Job; and selections from Jeremiah (2:29-11:15). Commissioned by Yakar ben Samson.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Scribe: Solomon ben Neriyah, who completed it in 1313 A.D.
• Decoration: 2 large illuminations with architectural motifs; each book has title in large gold initials (the final laid out but not completed); numerous animals and grotesques throughout.

Binding note

16th century (?) pigskin with bosses (restored and new leather thongs added in 1968 by European Bookbinding Co.).

Language note

Text in Hebrew and Aramaic.

Provenance

Obtained through Bernard Rosenthal, Jan. 6, 1968, by William H. Scheide from Abraham I. Katsch in Russia.

Source acquisition

Gift; William H. Scheide, Class of 1936.

Cite as

Scheide Library, Princeton University. M 136.

OCLC

177446208

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