Genesis 1:1 is not included in London, British Library, Harley MS 5715.
This manuscript includes: A pointed and accented Sephardic codex of the Writings, imperfect at the beginning and missing Psalms 1–27 and Psalm 28:1–7. The surviving text opens with Psalm 28:8–9 before Psalm 29 and continues in the physical order Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Daniel, Ezra–Nehemiah, Chronicles, Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Esther, and Lamentations. The manuscript numbers 151 Psalm units because Psalm 96 is divided into two. The biblical text is normally copied in two columns of 25 written lines, with enlarged titles and shaped lines at book openings; sparse Masorah parva and Masorah magna notes are present. Fol. 165v carries medieval sale records, including dated transactions at Perugia in 1375 and 1401; attached leaves preserve later notes and English translations of early contracts. These documentary leaves, the covers, flyleaves, binding views, and spine remain in true physical navigation without invented biblical assignments. All 347 published photographs receive full-frame Kraken HTR before the verse map is accepted..
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