Salonika Torah

Scroll Features:

Contents: Complete pasul Haftarah

Date & Provenance: 18th Century, Salonika(Greece)

Type: Sephardic

Skin: G’vil prepared following the tradition of Jews from Greece and sometimes Turkey

Ink: Black

Measurements

Height (avg): 18 3/4 in. (47.7 cm)

Text Height (avg): 14 3/16 in. (36 cm)

Line Height (avg): 1/4 in. (0.635 cm)

Lines Per Column: 54

Total Number of Panels: 19

Total Number of Columns: 66

Average Letters Per Line: 35

Paleographical Features

Tagin: 3-daggered beaded tagin on sha'atnez getz letters, 1-dagger simple tagin on dalet, hey, chet, yod, qof

Script Type: Sephardic (Vellish)

Characteristics: Tented chet in tradition of Rabbi Tam

Spacing: Traditional four blank lines between books, most petuchot observed, several setumot not harmonized to MT

Traditional Letters: N/A

Enlarged Lettes: N/A

Suspended (Small) Letters: N/A

Punta Extraordinaire: N/A

Colophons: None

Sofer Marks: Almost all in right margin, about 1/3 inline, very few on left margin; 980 in Genesis (384 erased)

Corrections: Over 32,000—most separating letters that were touching.

Genesis: 1,828 corrections

Exodus: 1,112 corrections

Overall Physical Condition

Text: Good with some cracked and faded letters

Seams: Excellent with modern conservation

Parchment: Good