The Regensburg Pentateuch Pentateuch, Five Scrolls, Haftarot, Job, Jeremiah 2:29, 8:12; 9:24; 10:15; Masorah magna and parva

Institution

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Object description:

One of the earliest known illuminated Ashkenazi Pentateuchs, this manuscript was created for Gad ben Peter Ha-Levi, head of the Jewish community of Regensburg. Some of its four full-page biblical scenes incorporate midrashic interpretations, such as the Satan telling Sarah that Isaac has been sacrificed, and it also features a double-page depiction of Temple vessels. Representations of these vessels are rarely found in Ashkenazi manuscripts, although they often appear in Sephardi Hebrew Bibles as visual expressions of the Jewish people�s hope for redemption.

Object/Work type:

books

Cultural Heritage type:

Information Forms (hierarchy name)

Location:

Jerusalem - Israel

Object measurements:

L: 24.5; W: 18.5 cm

Production

Scribes: David ben Shabetai; Baruch; Masorates: Jacob ben Meir and three others, unidentified

Date: ca. 1300

Material/Technique: Handwritten on parchment; brown ink, tempera and gold leaf; square Ashkenazic script

Resource

Rights Type:  

Record

Source: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Identifier: 201636