COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 34 - 3
Obverse:
A 34 - 4
Image Number:
JRL0708166dc
Image Title:
Calendar
Subject:
Calendars
Date created:
1724/25
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
227 mm
Item width:
95 mm
Folio:
3+4 / 5 leaves (2 x 2 conjoined), recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments:
A 34-1/2 and A 34-3/4 belong to the same calendar.
Notes:
23 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 the 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:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
A00034-3
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-05-31
Date: added:
2007-09
Metadata language:
eng-GB
