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is the name given by Bar and Delitzsch to a Hebrew codex which Jacob Shapira or Sappir, a Jewish rabbi from Jerusalem, brought from Arabia, and sold to the public library at Paris in 1868. It is written on parchment, and, according to Delitzsch in his preface to his edition of the book of Isaiah in connection with S. Bar (Leips. 1872), it is “pervetustum, integrum et omnino eximium.” This codex contains some very valuable readings, of which we note e.g. the following:
1Ki_20:33, it reads in the text åéçìèåּ äָîîðå , and in the margin in the Keri åéçìèåּäָ îîðå
Isa_10:15, åְàֶúàּîøéîéå (Van der Hooght àúàּ ), which is also supported by a great many MSS. and printed editions, as the Complut.: Venice, 1518, 1521; Munster's, 1534, 1546; Stephan's, Hutter's, 1587; Venice, 1678, 1690, 1730, 1739; Mantuan, 1742, etc.
Isa_15:2, âøåòä (Van der Hooght âãåòä ), which is in accordance with the Masorah, and which is also found in Jer_48:37.
Isa_63:11, øòé (Van der Hooght âòä ), so many MSS. and editions.
Psa_78:51, áְàָäָìֵéäֶ í (V. d. Hooght áְàָäָìִéàּçָ í ), which is also found in 2 codd. Kermic (No. 97, 133). (B.P.)