50 leaves from a codex originally of 66 leaves of the book of Genesis. Folio 40 illustrated above contains: recto side, Gen.38.26-39; verso side (the default view) Gen.39.5-11. Chapter 39 relates the story of Joseph after he had been brought to Egypt and sold. It begins with the episode of Joseph & Potipher's wife.
Reading from the top of column 1:
... Ω [Gen39.6] ΚΑΙ ΕΠετρε|ΨΕΝ ΠΑΝΤΑ οσα | ΗΝ ΑΥΤΩ ΕΙΣ χει|ΡΑΣ ΙΩΣΗΦ και ου|Κ ΗΔΕΙ ΤΩΝ καθ εαυ|ΤΟΝ ΟΥΘΕΝ πλην | ΤΟΥ ΑΡΤΟΥ ου η|ΣΘΕΝ ΑΥΤος και | ΗΝ ΙΩΣΗφ κα|ΛΟΣ ΤΩ ΕΙΔΕι και | ΩΡΑΙΟΣ τη οψει | ΣΦΟΔΡΑ ...
... And he committed all that he had into the hands of Joseph; and he knew not of anything that belonged to him save the bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form and exceedingly beautiful in countenance.
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