Entstehungsort: Orient?

Entstehungszeit: 14th? cen.

Beschreibstoff: Written on paper.

Umfang: 590 pp. (there is [probably] one leaf lacking at the beginning and one at the end; as well as two leaves between pp. 376 and 377, and one leaf between pp. 572 and 573 [=total of 5 missing leaves]) ;

Format: 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Lagenstruktur: Quires of 5 bifolia each. Signatures in Hebrew letters at heads of quires. Leaf catchwords appear on verso.

Seiteneinrichtung: one column, 17-19 lines per column.
The device used for line justification was by inserting graphic fillers in the shape of two short diagonal strokes at the end of lines or exceeding into the margin by writing diagonally downwards one word or more between the lines.

Spätere Ergänzungen: Added entries:
Moses (copyist)
Dayan, Isaac ben Isaiah (owner)
Batish, Jacob ben Moses, ha-Levi (owner)

Einband: At an unknown time, the binding was restored. The original 14th or 15th century binding with blind embossing was partially reused and is probably made of morocco leather. The embossing features an outer frame consisting of four lines and vines with grapes, which surround five gilded floral ornaments.

Provenienz der Handschrift: Owners’ records: “Isaac son of … Dayan (p. 3, p. 375 top left); “Jacob Batish ha-Levi, son of Moses Batish ha-Levi (p. 341).