 Sapir adds that had the writer intended to highlight all eight letters (over which a line had been drawn), it would put the writing of the colophon in the year 4783 "anno mundi" (corresponding with year 1023 CE).The problem with these configurations is that it would put the writing of the codex much earlier than the period that is known for the style of Sephardic script used in the manuscript.This led Sapir to conclude that the date may actually refer to the time of the giving of the "Masorah" (Masoretic text), or to something else, but not necessarily to the writing of the codex.