Obj. ID: 1201
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts Vatican Book of Leviticus, Spain or Provence, 14th c.
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Vellum, I 143 I leaves, 208 x 174mm, text space 130 x 110mm. Written in square Sepharadi script, in light brown ink. 12 lines per page. Ruling by stylus, 1 12 1 horizontal and 1 1 vertical lines per page. Pricking is noticeable in the outer, lower and inner margins. 18 quires of 8 leaves, except for XVII&&7&&, XVIII&&7&&. Hebrew alphabetical numeration for the quires in the upper right-hand corner of the first recto of each quire. Only in first 11 quires of the biblical text.
A. Massorah magna is sometime shaped as a zigzag line either in upper or in lower margin (fols. 2, 2v, 4, 5, 8v, 9v, 24, 25, 55, 85v, 88).
B. The parashot signs are topped by a geometrical pattern (fols. 13, 22v, 31, 38v, 47v, 56, 62v. 74v, 80v). C. Signs for half of the verses of the Pentateuch, half of the words of the Pentateuch, half of the letters of the Pentateuch, and half of the book, are written in a decorated frame (fols. 19v, 27, 31, 45).