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BL Or 2373

13th c. · British Library, London

• Ketuvim
• Codex
• Fragment

A 13th-century Ketuvim manuscript (125 folios with numerous lacunae) containing portions of Ruth, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs. Incomplete at the beginning and the end. Acquired by the British Museum from the Jerusalem antiquities dealer Moses Wilhelm Shapira on 23 July 1881.

Place of origin

Eastern Mediterranean

Provenance

Moses Wilhelm Shapira (Jerusalem) → British Museum (1881)

Holding institution

British Library, London

Image attribution

British Library, London (Or 2373). Public Domain Mark. Imagery via OPenn / University of Pennsylvania Libraries.