COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 214 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 214 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0909261dc
Image Title:
Arabic text
Description:
Arabic text. Written on a narrow piece of paper, torn at the top and the bottom. The end of a certain chapter by praises to God (la Hawla wa-la quwwa illa bi-llah, there is no power and no strength save in God); the beginning of the sixth chapter (of …?), al-fasl as-sadis, followed by more praises and the shahada. The title of the sixth chapter is written in red ink and decoratively framed (in a somewhat shaky hand). Another praise concerning God appear on the right margins in red ink.
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink (black and red)
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:
PAR00214-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
29/01/2009
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
