Manuscript · L / B19A · AD 1008
Leningrad Codex (Codex Leningradensis)
The oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible. Basis of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) and Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ), the standard critical editions used by translators worldwide. Contains unique illuminated carpet pages.
- Date
- AD 1008
- Language
- Hebrew (with Tiberian Masoretic vocalization and cantillation)
- Material
- Parchment
- Script
- Hebrew square script
- Contents
- Complete Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), with Masoretic apparatus, colophons, and carpet pages.
- Location
- National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg (MS Evr. I B19a)