A Torah believed to have been inscribed in Soria between 1278 and 1295 was sold for $330,000 at Sotheby's in New York. Written in Spanish, the script is one of only four surviving Jewish law books in Spain, providing invaluable data for scholars of medieval Jewish and Spanish history. The Torah is 58 centimeters high and more than 36 meters long.
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