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  1. Leiden Manuscript Oriental 4720 – the only extant manuscript of the complete Jerusalem Talmud

    Leiden Or. 4720 is the only extant complete manuscript of Talmud Yerushalmi. It was written in 1289 by Rabeinu Yechiel Ben Yekutiel HaRofeh from Rome, most probably in Rome. The first edition of the Talmud Yerushalmi was printed in Venice in 1523-1524 by Daniel van Bomberghen from Antwerp, more commonly known as Daniel Bomberg, who was active in Venice between 1511 and 1538. Leiden Or. 4720, is the only surviving manuscript that was used by Bomberg for his edition, and the only extant complete manuscript of the Jerusalem Talmud today. It is written on parchment and dated in the year 5049 of the Jewish calendar (1289 CE). In the middle of the 16th century the manuscript was bought from Bomberg by the French ambassador and bibliophile Jean Hurault de Boistailler, who paid twelve gold pieces for it. After his death it passed into the hands of the famous humanist scholar Josephus Justus Scaliger, who moved from his native France to Leiden in 1593. Scaliger died in 1609. He bequethed his collection of Oriental manuscripts and books to the Leiden University Library. In the early 1970s the manuscript was restored by sister Lucie Gimbrere, who replaced the old, but not original vellum binding with oak boards.

    The manuscript consists of two volumes. The total number of folios in the manuscript including the binding and the blank pages is 682. The files are very large and may take a long time to load.

    1. Click here to download the sefer. Leiden Manuscript Oriental 4720 – Volume 1
    2. Click here to download the sefer. Leiden Manuscript Oriental 4720 – Volume 2
  2. Vatican Manuscript Ebreo 133 – on Seder Zerayim and Sotah

    Late 13th, early 14th century

    Click here to download the sefer. Vatican Manuscript Ebreo 133

  3. British Library Manuscript Oriental 2822 – Jerusalem Talmud with commentary of Shlomo Ben Yosef Sirillo – Volume 1 of 3 – Berachot, Peah, Demai, Kilayim, Shekalim

    16th century

    British Library Manuscript Or 2822

  4. British Library Manuscript Oriental 2823 – Jerusalem Talmud with commentary of Shlomo Ben Yosef Sirillo – Volume 2 of 3 – Shevuot, Terumot, Maaserot, Maaser Sheni

    16th century

    British Library Manuscript Or 2823

  5. British Library Manuscript Oriental 2824 – Jerusalem Talmud with commentary of Shlomo Ben Yosef Sirillo – Volume 3 of 3 – Chalah, Orla, Bikkurim

    16th century

    British Library Manuscript Or 2824

  6. Paris Library Manuscript Hébreu 1489 (9) – Geniza Fragments of Sotah 22c-22d

    10th century

    Paris Library Manuscript Hébreu 1489 (9)

  7. Paris Library Manuscript Hébreu 1489 (1) – Geniza Fragments of Moed Katan 81a-81b

    10th century

    Paris Library Manuscript Hébreu 1489 (1)

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