Item MS-11-19-Box.1
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Hebrew Sefer Torah Scroll
Item — item: MS-11-19-Box.1
Identifier: MS-11-19
Abstract
Scribed in the late 18th or very early 19th Century by North African Jews, likely Moroccan. Manuscript on Hebrew, on tanned sheepskins, sewn and scrolled. Some natural skin flaws, as expected. Approximately 20" tall, slightly uneven. Over 200 columns, comprising the Torah, or Pentateuch -- the Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy -- the first five books of the Jewish Bible (Tanakh) and the Christian Old Testament,
Dates:
Majority of material found in Late 18th to early 19th