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BL Or 9879 · First Gaster Bible

10th c. · British Library, London

• Fragment

A bound collection of 10th-century Hebrew Bible fragments in Oriental square hand with Masorah magna and parva — among the earliest surviving Oriental Bible manuscripts, contemporary with the Aleppo Codex. Companion to the Second Gaster Bible (BL Or 9880). Originally in the collection of the rabbi and scholar Moses Gaster (1856–1939); acquired by the British Museum from him on 12 April 1924.

Place of origin

Eastern Mediterranean (Oriental)

Provenance

Moses Gaster collection → British Museum (1924)

Holding institution

British Library, London

Image attribution

British Library, London (Or 9879). Public Domain Mark. Imagery via OPenn / University of Pennsylvania Libraries.