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Reference number: 
L 135 - 3
Obverse: 
L 135 - 4
Image Number: 
JRL050250dc
Image Title: 
Poems by Najara
Subject: 
Liturgy and Poetry
Creator: 
Najara, Israel ben Moses (1555?-1625?)
Creator Role: 
Author
Source title: 
She'erit Yisrael
Section: 
Numbered 3-4 (on the left), 13-15 (on the right)
Language: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Numerals: alphanumerical
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
150 mm
Item width: 
208 mm
Folio: 
3+4 / 4 leaves (2 x 2 conjoined), verso
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Style Period: 
Sephardic
Interrelation fragments: 
A 1206, B 2967, B 3426 and L 135 (both fragments) from same manuscript. Folios with catchwords L 135 and A 1206 are consecutive. See also B 2244.
Bibliographic Reference: 
Davidson II, p. 299, no. 918 (= no. 15).
Bibliographic Reference: 
Davidson II, p. 363, no. 2252 (= no. 13).
Bibliographic Reference: 
Davidson II, p. 452, no. 4208 (= no. 14).
Bibliographic Reference: 
Davidson III, p. 502, no. 2026 (= no. 4 on fragment).
Notes: 
25 lines. Collection of poems. Bakkashot for weekdays and (the first day of) months. The titles She'erit Yisrael and Mi-Zemirot Yisrael alternate per folio side. Incipit of no. 3 unknown.
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: 
L00135-3
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2008-05-21
Date: added: 
2009-03
Metadata language: 
eng-GB