Title
Sefer Torah Scroll Fragment 5.
Coverage
Aleppo, Syria,
Date
ca. 1850.
Description
This fragment from a Torah scroll is written in Hebrew script on gevil: parchment made from the whole (rather than split) hide of an animal skin that was prepared for writing on the hair side only. The darker brown color of the parchment is produced by the mixture of salt, flour, and gall-nut water applied to the hide. Scribal evidence indicates that this fragment from the Book of Exodus was in the process of being written but was never completed.
Source
From the collection of Rare Book School