antique Torah scroll, a handwritten on leather - 1800

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Selected by Jonathan Devaux

This is a Torah scroll, a handwritten copy of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (the Pentateuch). The scroll appears to be an antique fragment, possibly from Morocco, characterized by its warm brown-colored parchment, which deepens with age. Torah scrolls are written in Hebrew by a qualified calligrapher on vellum or parchment made from the skin of a kosher animal. The text is the five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The scroll in the image appears to be an aged fragment, possibly several centuries old. 60X17 cm sku-20

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antique Torah scroll, a handwritten on leather - 1800

This is a Torah scroll, a handwritten copy of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (the Pentateuch). The scroll appears to be an antique fragment, possibly from Morocco, characterized by its warm brown-colored parchment, which deepens with age.
Torah scrolls are written in Hebrew by a qualified calligrapher on vellum or parchment made from the skin of a kosher animal.
The text is the five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
The scroll in the image appears to be an aged fragment, possibly several centuries old.

60X17 cm

sku-20

Final bid

€ 121

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Selected by Jonathan Devaux

Estimate € 150 - € 200

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