Codex Sassoon 1053

[1][3] The scribe of S1 was unusually sloppy, frequently forgetting punctuation, diacritical marks, and vowels; he also errs in his consonantal spelling on dozens of occasions.

[1] He also owned other important manuscripts, including the 10th century Damascus Pentateuch (Sassoon 507), which is now at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem.

[1][10] In the 13th century, it was dedicated to a synagogue in Makisin, now present day Markada (مَرْكَدَة), in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria.

[1][10][12] Six hundred years later, the codex resurfaced when David Solomon Sassoon purchased it from an owner who lived in current day Ankara, Turkey,[13] for £350 in 1929 and added his bookplate to the inner binding of the manuscript.

The codex was on display prior to auction in London, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Bridwell Library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York City.

[1][16] It was purchased by the American Friends of ANU — Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv with the aid of a donation from Alfred H.