Genesis 1:1 is not included in London, British Library, Harley MS 5506.
This manuscript includes: A pointed and accented Ashkenazic codex of the Writings in the order Psalms, Daniel, Ezra–Nehemiah, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Chronicles. Psalm 47, omitted by the original scribe, was supplied in the margin of fol. 19r. Nehemiah has unsupplied gaps at 8:15–9:5 and 11:28–29; fol. 100v carries an earlier out-of-order copy of 9:15–25 before fol. 101r returns to 9:6 and the main copy repeats 9:15 onward. In 2 Chronicles the first copy omits the latter part of 3:16 through 4:1; after an early copy of 4:2–7 on fol. 219r, the physical text jumps backward and recopies 2:6–4:1 across fols. 219r–220v before continuing from 4:2. The displaced Nehemiah block, the repeated Chronicles block, and the earlier 4:2–7 opening are indexed as distinct selectable occurrences. Later hands supplied other lacunae in 2 Chronicles 19 and 36, and fols. 254–257 are in a second contemporary hand. Fol. 258v preserves an added quotation of Psalm 107:2 as another separate occurrence. The former owners' entries, 1462 birth record, later memorandum, covers, and flyleaves remain in physical navigation without invented biblical assignments..
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