Paper, A : 131 fols., 305 x 209 (240 x 160, varies) B : 160 fols., 305 X 209 (240 X 160, varies) varying number of lines. Catchwords for text, Targum or Tafsir and Rashi from page to page. Yemenite square and mashait script, 19th cent. The biblical text is fully vocalised and accentuated. Targum with sublinear vocalisation adapted from the superlinear system; dagesh is used. Many notes written by the scribe in a small and very neat script appear in the margins and between the columns; by far the majority are headed n"n. These notes end with the parasha Shelah (B, fol. 71 a ). Now and then notes appear in another hand, esp. corrections of single words in the Targum. In vol. A fols. 1 and 111-125 are damaged with loss of text (upper parts of fols. 112- 125 have been tom off). The order of the leaves should be as follows : A: 1-39, 42, 41, 40, 47-49, 43-46, 50-113, 120, 119, 114, 115^-», 117-118, 121*-», 122-125, 116, 126, 138-130, 127, 0, 131. B: 1-22, 25-26, 23-24, 27-80, 85-86, 81-84, 87-148, (), 149-150, 155 b - a , 151-154, 156-158, ( ), 159, (.), 160. Both volumes contain the Biblical text surrounded by the Targum Onkelos and Sa c aya’s Arabic translation (Tafsir) in alternating verses, and by Rashi’s Commentary. The parashiyyot are divided into seven sections indicated by Hebrew letters. Contents : A, fol. l a - 71 a : Gen. 1,28 - end. 711» _ i3ib : Ex. 1,1-39,42 (Ex. 38,30-39,20, which should be between fols. 130 and 131, is missing). B, fol. l a - 43 a : Lev. 3,8 - end. 43 b - 106 b : Num. 107 a - 160 b : Deut. (28,12-29 32,42-52 and 33,14-29 are missing and should be between fols. 148 and 149, 158 and 159, 159 and 160 respectively). The marginal notes headed n"H are probably taken from “Hava?elet ha-Sharon”, a grammatical and masoretical work by Yahya Bashiri (17th cent.); many notes end with the abbreviation for his name between brackets (a'^ina). There are also notes from David Kimhi (p"*n). Some notes are taken from which may stand for ns 1 ?© tfns a commentary on the Pentateuch by Solomon ben Yahya Badihi (early 19th cent.). Notes without sources also occur. A note in A, fol. 119 a has : '8 ') ^OT ’Biton *)0V and another in B, fol. 30 a has : a'^p *|*T CMP TDW For bibliographical information see Y. Ratzabi, “Sifrut Yehude Teman”, Kiryat Sefer 28 (1952-’53) 255-278, 394-409 esp. no’s. 4 and 37. Idem, “idem”, Areshet 5 (1971-’72) 145-169 no. 37. Bought from a dealer in Jerusalem, 1962. De Boer no 16.