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JTS MS L5
1479 CE · The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary
A Sephardi Hebrew Bible (337 leaves, parchment, illustrated) written in Cordova by Isaac Sasson in 1479 — three years before the Spanish Expulsion — and corrected in Badajoz by Abraham ben Solomon ben Jacob in 1483. Catalogued as Codex 571 in Benjamin Kennicott's 1783 Dissertatio Generalis; preserves a rare marginal variant at 1 Samuel 14:44 reading "yamut" that aligns with the Septuagint.
- Scribe
- Isaac Sasson; corrections by Abraham ben Solomon ben Jacob "Amar" (1483)
- Place of origin
- Cordova, Spain
- Provenance
- Cordova → Badajoz → Schiff donation to JTS (1921)
- Holding institution
- The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary
- Image attribution
- Image courtesy of The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary (MS L5). Digitization funded by the Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky Digitization Project.
