Leather mss roll in Hebrew. Modern copies of the Book of the Law and the Pentateuch. Five books of Moses (321 and 322 together).
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Jerusalem, Israel
Verbatim coll. place:
Jerusalem; Israel
Culture or time period:
Jews
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies