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Title

  • Torah Scroll

Names

  • Hebrew Manuscripts (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [900-1099]
  • [Middle East] : [scribe unknown], [10th or 11th century]

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Hebrew--Washington (D.C.)

Genre

  • Manuscripts, Hebrew
  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Oriental Torah Scroll fragment, in Hebrew, containing the story from Exodus 10:10 to 16:15 (10th or 11th century Middle East).
  • -  Imprint information from Christie's auction house for sale on this item in 2001.
  • -  "Two dedicatory inscriptions on the back of the membrane record its transfer in 1863 from the Karaite hazzan of Chufut-Kale, Solomon Beim (1817-1867), to the Grand Duke of Russia, Constantine Nikolayevitch (1827-1892; second son of the late Tsar Nicholas I and brother of the reigning Tsar Alexander II) and his daughter Alexandra Yosifovna"--Christie's.
  • -  Currently in the Conservation Division for treatment.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ; 59 x 60 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LC Hebr ms 245

Repository

  • Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023530860

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Hebraic Section Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Hebrew Manuscripts. Torah Scroll. [900- Middle East: scribe unknown, 10th or 11th century, 1000] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023530860/.

APA citation style:

Hebrew Manuscripts. (1000) Torah Scroll. [900- Middle East: scribe unknown, 10th or 11th century] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023530860/.

MLA citation style:

Hebrew Manuscripts. Torah Scroll. [900- Middle East: scribe unknown, 10th or 11th century, 1000] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023530860/>.