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The Regensburg Pentateuch Pentateuch, Five Scrolls, Haftarot, Job, Jeremiah 2:29, 8:12; 9:24; 10:15; Masorah magna and parva

Scribes: David ben Shabetai; Baruch; Masorates: Jacob ben Meir and three others, unidentifiedca. 1300

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel

One of the earliest known illuminated Ashkenazi Pentateuchs, this manuscript was created for Gad ben Peter Ha-Levi, head of the Jewish community of Regensburg. Some of its four full-page biblical scenes incorporate midrashic interpretations, such as the Satan telling Sarah that Isaac has been sacrificed, and it also features a double-page depiction of Temple vessels. Representations of these vessels are rarely found in Ashkenazi manuscripts, although they often appear in Sephardi Hebrew Bibles as visual expressions of the Jewish people's hope for redemption.

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  • Title: The Regensburg Pentateuch Pentateuch, Five Scrolls, Haftarot, Job, Jeremiah 2:29, 8:12; 9:24; 10:15; Masorah magna and parva
  • Creator: Scribes: David ben Shabetai; Baruch; Masorates: Jacob ben Meir and three others, unidentified
  • Date Created: ca. 1300
  • Location: Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
  • Type: Manuscript
  • Rights: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by David Harris
  • External Link: Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • Medium: Handwritten on parchment; brown ink, tempera and gold leaf; square Ashkenazic script
  • Dimensions: L: 24.5; W: 18.5 cm
  • Curator: Raccah-Djivre, Daisy; Nizza, Anna
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

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