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!
Lai cik neticami tas liktos, bet visus šos manuskriptus lielākoties bija savācis Ābrahāms Firkovičs — vairāk nekā 70 gadu vecs karaīms.