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Middle Karaim

Manuscripts

Summary

F305-90: Translations of Biblical texts into North-Western Karaim: The Latter Prophets, The Twelve Minor Prophets, the Sifrei Emet (Psalms, Proverbs, Job), and the Five Megillot (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther)

Language
North-Western Karaim
Detailed Content

Book of Isaiah 1r–64r
Book of Jeremiah 65r–136v
Book of Ezekiel 137r–201r
Book of Hosea 202r–211r
Book of Joel 211r–216v
Book of Amos 216v–221r
Book of Obadiah 221r–222r
Book of Jonah 222v–224v
Book of Micah 224v–229r
Book of Nahum 229v–231v
Book of Habakkuk 231v–234v
Book of Zephaniah 234r–237r
Book of Haggai 237r–239r
Book of Zechariah 239r–249r
Book of Malachi 249v–252v
Table of contents 253r–253v
Book of Psalms 254r–333r
Book of Proverbs 334r–360v
Book of Job 361r–391v
Song of Songs 392r–397r
Book of Ruth 397r–401r
Book of Lamentations 402r–407v
Book of Ecclesiastes 408r–418v
Book of Esther 420r–430v

Notes
Country, Settlement
Vilnius, Lithuania
Repository
Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in Vilniuse, Lithuania
Shelfmark
F305-90
Keywords
Bible--Versions, Karaim
Object Type
Codex
Support
Cream-coloured paper
Medium
Ink: black, red
Support Dimensions (mm)
×
Text-block Dimensions (mm)
×
Foliation
Folios
430+4
Layout

Written in one column with 23 lines per page

Catchwords
Catchwords on each folio verso
Watermarks
Binding

Sewn binding

State of Preservation
Good, the text is clearly legible
Date of Copying
19th/20th century
Copyist
Zevulun ben Chanania Rojecki
Translator
Zevulun ben Chanania Rojecki (born between 1842 and 1844, died 1923),
Place of Copying
Panevėžys (?)
Script
Hebrew (Tiberian vocalisation)
Script Type
Text Language
North-Western Karaim
Hebrew
Creation
The text was created either in the end of the 19th century or in the beginning of the 20th century most likely in Panevėžys
.
Ownership
Zevulun ben Chanania Rojecki (born between 1842 and 1844, died 1923)
Szymon (Szemaja) Firkowicz (1897–1982)

Manuscript description by Michał Németh and Anna Sulimowicz-Keruth
Digital edition by Zsuzsanna Johan, Magda Ebo-Żurek, Michał Németh and Anna Sulimowicz-Keruth

Citation
Zsuzsanna Johan, Magda Ebo-Żurek, Michał Németh and Anna Sulimowicz-Keruth 2023. ‘A digital edition of the Karaim biblical manuscript F305-90’, in László Károly and Michał Németh (eds) A database of Middle Turkic documents. Uppsala: Department of linguistics and philology. Accessed 4 Dec 2024 . https://middleturkic.lingfil.uu.se/manuscripts/middle-karaim/F305-90
Licensing
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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