Copied in the late 1300s by Abraham ben Judah.[1] Acquired before 1900 by Solomon Joachim Halberstam;[2] Purchased between 1891 and 1896 by the Judith Lady Montefiore College, Ramsgate, England (later the Montefiore Endowment Committee);[3] Purchased at auction in 2004 by an unknown owner.[4] Acquired before 2019 by Les Enluminures; Purchased in 2019 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2021 to The Signatry, Overland Park, Kansas, under the curatorial care of Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] While the manuscript is not dated, based on the watermarks and another manuscript by the same scribe dated 1374–1375 (Hebrew year 5135), it can be dated to the late 1300s. The scribe’s name, Abraham ben Judah, is indicated throughout the text, and he signed his name in the colophon and wrote an inscription. [2] This manuscript was included in Solomon Joachim Halberstam’s catalog as ms. no. 101. [3] The purchase was completed by Rabbi Moses Gaster, principal of the college, the manuscript also contains the stamp of the college on the first and final folios. Between 1898 and 2001, this manuscript was placed on permanent loan at Jew’s College in London, England. Upon the manuscript’s return in 2001, Judith Lady Montefiore College was closed, and the manuscript returned to the Montefiore Endowment Committee. [4] Sotheby’s, New York, Important Manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment, October 27 & 28, 2004, Lot 147.
Published References:
Hartwig Hirschfeld, Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts of the Montefiore Library (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1904), 46 (MS 157).