Fols. 1-16 headed : amn mm “iDian Vd®X p D’Dip’ 1 ? Fols. 17-23 headed : n’SXBX Dnai IDian bia®X p D'Dlp' 1 ? C : 36 leaves. Hebrew text in expert Sefardi mashait hand, often a Latin translation in Warner’s hand on opposite page. After fol. 23 no more Latin translations. Text from various rabbinical sources (Steinschn.’s “e Talmud” is somewhat misleading). Outer leaves contain much random text. D 1 : 35 pages, Hebrew foliation. Closely written Hebrew text in expert Sefardi mashait hand. Apparently excerpts from a Karaitic polemical work. The text begins : n"s? n®a -iax -a ip® a*?a n*?xi ... -obisn a-rip ix-iai anm m®» max nt am 'x maxi '3 -rrn *p mi xnan mip ’a “iax xbi pxn nxi □•>a®n nx D’nbx x-ia mwna ... npn *?x a-iaxa -iax 1 ? •moa'? ax mi xipab ax vr The text is divided into paragraphs and small subsections. The sections are numbered in two ways. The last section begins : *1BX1 pal mx X31 na® ’B plan ni»B3 T'O® bsa abnwa ainn aib’® n a’oai a® px axi ••• -jai -ja 'V 3 w n aa®’-na aa’ax t-®-iï’'? aaan® •pab'? ïm’ai ••• 'i® an^ax ^na rn an’ax pb® bv® anb’n p lain ix® am ••• an’ax nain nariab naabi na»n®nb a’a^n D 2 : 16 leaves in 8 numbered quires. Latin translation of the greater part of preceding Hebrew text in Warner’s hand (Z) 1 ). N. 80 (Or. 107 a ) (= Hebr. 80). 222 X 155 (147 X 98), 24 lines. Binding: Leather with gold stamped back, bearing the legend : Biblia Hebraica. 17th cent. Quires indicated by catchwords and Hebrew numbers : 1 + V(ll) 23V(241) IV(249) 9V(339). On fols. 142 a , 144 13 , 149 b , 150 a , 158 b are depicted various utensils for the worship in the tabernacle. N. 81 (Or. 1298) (= Hebr. 81). 134 X 98 (90 X 76), 20 lines, 2 columns of 30 mm. wide. Binding: Leather with gold stamped back, bearing the legend : Pentat. Hebr. Ms. The boards bear a gold stamp with a coat of arms bearing a lion. 17th cent. Quires can be discerned by Arabic numbers, which are partly cut off and the order of which runs in a direction opposite to the text; these signatures apparently date from the present binding : 5IV(40) 3111(58) 3VI(82) IV-1(89) IV(97) 111(103) 9IV(175). NB : the missing parts of this MS (see below) were already missing when the signatures of the quires were written. No catchwords discernible except on the first ten leaves. Only the book Numbers has some final Masora (fol. 149 a ). Vocalised and accentuated text. Missing parts : Gen. 1,1-25,2; Lev. 15,2-29 (= one leaf between 89 and 90, see Quires); Deut. 24,10-end. De Boer, no. 8. N. 82 a, b (Or. 4803) (= Hebr. 82). 118 X 75 (100 X 62), 9/10 lines. Two volumes