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Manuscript, Taj of Bereshit-Shemot - Sana'a, 1653 - Manuscript, Taj (Keter Torah) of Bereshit and Shemot - Torah with Targum Onkelos and Arabic Tafsir. Sana'a, Shevat 1653. Neat Yemenite script. Two columns per page. Hebrew text, with verse by verse Aramaic and Arabic translation. Vocalization - sublinear for the text of the Torah, and supralinear for Targum Onkelos. Marginal glosses and commentaries in several places, some entitled ”P.R.” (=Pirush - commentary). Masorah notes in several places. Colophon on the last page of Shemot, signed by the scribe: ”Shlomo son of Halfon son of Avigad (al-Tawili - see: Encyclopedia LeChachmei Teiman, I, p. 186), who wrote this book in Sana'a for ”the good friend Yichye son of Yosef al-Dhabani”. Signatures and inscriptions testifying to the sale of the book on the first page of the manuscript: record signed by witnesses attesting that the book was sold in Tammuz 1789; and an earlier record (deleted) from 1783. [183] leaves. 28 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Worming and damage to text. Open tears, with early paper repairs and text replacement. Stamps. New binding.