Manuscript on parchment – passage from Sefer Bereishit dealing with the blessings given by Ya’akov Avinu to the twelve tribes. Written in the area of Germany or France, c. 13th-14th centuries.
Characteristic Ashkenazic script. The text is arranged in one column.
There is some similarity between this manuscript and the familiar one in the Bodleian library, written in Southeast France in 1296.
[1] leaf parchment. Maximum dimensions – approximately 13×23 cm. Removed from a binding.
Moderate condition. Worming damage and aging stains. Faded ink.