Manuscript, Taj – Keter Torah [the Five Books of the Torah with te'amim], Bereshit. With the composition on grammar - Machbarot HaTijan. [Yemen, c. 15th/16th century].
Ink on paper, particularly fine Yemenite writing, in large square letters (Stam script), vowels and te'amim. the margins are decorated with the Masorah text in small letters. Missing leaves are replaced; open tears are restored with glued paper with handwriting from a later time.
At the beginning of the volume, [42] leaves, of the composition Machbarot HaTijan on rules of enunciation and vowels. On the endpaper of the Chumash is a bill of sale in Judeo-Arabic, of the sale of the book to Rabbi Yosef Algadri in the month of Iyar, 1578.
[42] leaves; [123] leaves. Approximately 24 cm. Fair condition, varies among the leaves, stains and wear, tears and worming. Paper strips, with handwritten completions, are glued to many leaves. Brown leather binding, Yemenite folk work, with embossed adornments, damages to spine.
Handwriting characteristic to Taj books from the 15th/16th century, and the bill of sale from 1578 is apparently from a later time. Machbarot HaTijan is complete besides the first page which was completed at a later time [c. 19th century].