The Middle Turkic Biblical Ms. Evr. I Bibl. 143 from the first Firkowicz collection. Part I. Linguistic affiliation
Journal: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
Year: 2025

The Middle Turkic manuscript stored in the First Firkovicz Collection in the National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg under accession number Evr. I Bibl. 143 contains a translation of a large portion of the Torah written in the Hebrew script. Two major questions remain to be answered regarding this source. First, in which Turkic language is it written? Second, to which religious and exegetical tradition does it belong? This paper attempts to answer the first question. Existing views on the