 It was given as a present to the Karaite community in Jerusalem, and taken as booty by the Crusaders in 1099.Later it was redeemed and came into the possession of the Karaite community in Cairo.When the Karaite Jews left Egypt they deposited the codex in 1983, in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, with document to prove it, where it is kept in a secure room on the floor below the Hebrew Manuscript collection.