As incredible as it seemed, all these manuscripts had been collected almost single - handedly by a man named Abraham Firkovich, a Karaite scholar who was then more than 70 years old!
والمدهش ان كل هذه المخطوطات جمعها رجل واحد اسمه اڤرايم فيركوڤيتش ،‏ عالِم قرَّائي تجاوز الـ‍ ٧٠ من عمره آنذاك !‏