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BL Or 4445 · London Codex

c. 920–950 CE · British Library, London

• Torah
• Pentateuch
• Codex

A substantially complete Tiberian-tradition Pentateuch — 186 folios of Genesis through Deuteronomy with full vocalization, accents, and Masorah magna and parva. Roughly contemporaneous with the Aleppo Codex; copied and pointed by the scribe Nissi ben Daniel ha-Levi. Acquired by the British Museum from the Sassoon collection in 1891.

Scribe

Nissi ben Daniel ha-Levi (consonants and vocalization)

Place of origin

Eretz Yisrael

Provenance

Eretz Yisrael → Sassoon collection → British Museum (1891)

Holding institution

British Library, London

Image attribution

British Library, London (Or 4445). Public Domain Mark. Digital imagery hosted via Internet Archive; complete archival imagery (full 186 folios) available at the OPenn portal: openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0047/html/or_4445.html.