Aquila

Yannai

The Aquila Palimpsest

This manuscript contains two texts: a 10th century copy of 6th-7th century liturgical poetry by the Jewish poet Yannai, written over a 6th century copy of a literal Greek translation of the Hebrew bible by the 2nd century Jewish translator Aquila. In this manuscript, the Greek under-text is upside-down in relation to the upper Hebrew text.