"#ANU - #Museum of the #Jewish People is displaying rare parchment sheets from a #medieval #Spanish #Torahscroll for the first time, offering a glimpse into Jewish life and scribal traditions in #Spain before the expulsion.

The fragments, which include #Genesis chapters 28-46, are among only five early Spanish #Torahscrolls known today, the museum said. They have been preserved in exceptional condition for hundreds of years and are being shown ahead of #Shavuot, the festival marking the giving of the #Torah.

The scroll was written in ink on parchment in a square Spanish #Hebrew script typical of the period. Carbon dating places it in the late 13th or early 14th century, making it about 700 years old.

Few Spanish Torah scrolls from before the expulsion have survived, especially compared with medieval #Ashkenazi scrolls."

https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/b1vq4bnygg#google_vignette