Detail View: Genizah Collection:

Reference number: 
A 34 - 2
Obverse: 
A 34 - 1
Image Number: 
JRL0708165dc
Image Title: 
Calendar
Subject: 
Calendars
Date created: 
1724/25
Language: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Hebrew
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
227 mm
Item width: 
94 mm
Folio: 
1+2 / 5 leaves (2 x 2 conjoined), verso
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments: 
A 34-1/2 and A 34-3/4 belong to the same calendar.
Notes: 
26 lines. When folded, the first two fragments (A 34-1/4) form a complete Jewish calendar for 5486/1725. Including Muslim and other years. Mentioned are exact beginning of the month, weekdays of festivals, Torah readings, equivalent Muslim months, etc. Pages meant to be turned vertically.
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository: 
Moses Gaster
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Fragments
Image rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights: 
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number: 
A00034-2
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2007-05-31
Date: added: 
2007-09
Metadata language: 
eng-GB