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| Keywords: MS Kaufmann A 50.jpg en The most important manuscript in the Kaufmann collection is no doubt the Mishna manuscript shelf-mark MS Kaufmann A 50 which is sometimes referred to as the Codex Kaufmann fig 1 There are three complete manuscripts extant of the Mishna and ours is regarded as the oldest and best of them It does not have a colophon so views differ as to its age and origin Ignaz Goldziher considered it to be of South Arabian origin while Samuel Krauss and recently Malachit Beith-Arié thought it had been written in Italy Goldziher does not mention on what basis he made this statement the view has also been advanced that the manuscript probably comes from Palestine It was written in the tenth or eleventh century 10th or 11th century http //kaufmann mtak hu/en/study04 htm David Kaufmann and his collection author PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Mishnah-Kaufmann | ||||
