Seal. 5 (Or. 4722). 338 X 260 (ca. 240 X 185), 35 lines, 2 columns, ca. 80 mm. wide. Fols. 277 - 284 (35th quire) written in full lines. Lines ruled with a drypoint stylus; prickings in outer margins. Quires indicated by catchwords : IV(8) V(18) IV-1(25) V(35) 2IV(51) V(61) 2IV(77) IV-1?(84?) 50IV(484) 111(490). - Fol. 84 is blank and has no catchword but, as fol. 85 is the beginning of another part of the MS, a new quire can be assumed; between fols. 84 and 85 a leaf has been removed. NB.: Bomberg’s 1531 edition of the Arukh is a revised issue of the preceding Pisarro edition and is therefore not based on this MS. Seal. 6 (Or. 4723). 271 X 195 (178 X 121), 22 lines, 2 columns, each 53 mm. wide. Columns and lines ruled with a plummet; prickings in inner margins. Binding : leather on cardboard. Quires are indicated by means of catchwords now and then accompanied by drawings of fantasy figures in the lower margins. Since the MS has been cut, often only slight traces of the catchwords can be distinguished and sometimes three are no traces at all (in these instances figures are given here in square brackets) : [10IV(80)J 6IV(128) 11(132) [IV(140)] 10IV(220) [IV(228)] [111(234)] [IV(242)J 5IV(282) [2IY(298)] 6IV(346) [IY(354)] IV(362) [IV(370)J 11(374) 3IV(398) [IV(406)J IV-1(413). Other marginal notes occur in addition to the variant readings mentioned by Steinschn. e.g. corrections by the scribe himself; notes headed (iphTD and n"apx (= VfcUatz? TD'h p). At the top of fol. l a is an owner’s inscription ; the name has been erased and several words are illegible but the last words are : nrtMBOipa (t)ms? rot? p’1 Bnnb to arn Apart from the numerous illuminated headings there are several other illustrations. The following leaves have illustrations in their lower margins, all but one in blue ink : 5 b , 24 b , 32 b , 48 b , 49 a , 56 b , 57 a , 72 b , 84 a (in red), 88 b , 96 b , 104 b , 128 b , 132 b , 133 b , 235 b , 266 b , 274 b . Fols. 16 a and 37 l b have elaborate, illustrated headings. Fols. 132 a and 233 b have illustrations in the text. Fols. 132 b , 133 a , 234 b , 235 a , 370 b have full-page illustrations, indicating the beginnings of the 2nd and 3rd part and the end of More Nevukhim. All these illustrations, except the first series, are in red and blue, sometimes with gilt letters. Seal. 7 (Or. 4724). 1 + 187 fols., 265 X 198 (210 X 139), 27 lines. Binding : vellum on cardboard. Outer sheets of quires are vellum; traces of catchwords on last leaves of quires : XIV(27) XII(55) XII + 1(80) XIV-2(106) XIV+2(136) X+3(159) XIV(187). In the middle of the 6th quire three paper leaves have been added so here the vellum leaves are fols. 146 and 150. Fol. 72 has been added; fol. 97 is loose.