Yemenite Taj, 1400 - 1499
Contents
From Uri Melammed (1991):
"Yemenite Taj (not Tiklal as indicated in the Rogers catalogue) written in the early paleography of the Sana'a school of scribes in Yemen. Some leaves have been inserted, in a different hand, to complete missing text. The word "taj," when used to refer to a genre of Biblical literature refers to the Biblical text in Hebrew, followed by the interlinear, alternating Aramaic paraphrase of Targum of Onkelos, and the tafsir or paraphrase of Sa'adia Gaon in Judeo-Arabic (technically speaking, the word "taj" in Yemenite practice refers exclusively to the Biblical Hebrew text.) The text includes superlinear vocalization with masoretic notes in the margins (masora parva). The complete text of Genesis through Exodus is contained. The ms. also includes the autograph of Hayyim Kehati. The Kehati family was one of the first Yemenite families to emigrate to Israel in the late nineteenth century, and settled in Jerusalem. Kehati was the apparent owner of the manuscript which may have been sold to raise money for the impoverished family."
Dates
- Creation: 1400 - 1499
Additional langauges
Each sentence is written in three renderings successively: 1. The common Hebrew text pointed. 2. The Targum of Onkelos pointed (Aramaic). 3. An Arabic version in Hebrew characters, which seem to be very similar to that given in Walton's Polygot.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Condition
The paper is yellow with age and the margins torn and broken, but the writing remains quite legible.
Extent
1 manuscripts (1 codex.)
Provenance
The manuscript is said to have been brought from Yemen by the returned Jews, from whom Moses Shapira (1830-1884) acquired a number of books for the British Museum.
Material
Bound in brown leather.
Extent
8.5 x 11 inches.
Subject
- Kehati, Hayyim (Owner, Person)
Uniform Title
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