Museum of the Jewish People

Oldest Complete Jewish Masoretic Text. The Masoretic notes in Codex Sassoon were written by two different Masoretes from different times. Their notes are distinguishable by the color of ink, handwriting, and the nature of their contents. In many places, the later Masorete erased the notes of the earlier Masorete and replaced them with his own notes. Sometimes he deleted the notes of the earlier Masorete but did not add his own notes.