COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 665 - 2
Obverse:
A 665 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0709626dc
Image Title:
Liturgical poem
Subject:
Liturgy and Poetry
Subject:
Prayer
Section:
First benediction adorned with liturgical poetry; incipit (partially visible only): ברוך אתה י"י המבדיל בין קדש לחול ומצפין לנגה
Citation reference:
I. Davidson, S. Assaf, and B.I. Joel (eds.), Siddur R. Saadja Gaon (1963), p. 123.7-10
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
96 mm
Item width:
96 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Bibliographic Reference:
Davidson II, p. 69, no. 1558.
Notes:
10 lines. For the evening service at the end of the Shabbat. This poem is more extensive than Sa`adia's text. Davidson describes it as Sa`adia's version of the first blessing of the evening service at the end of the Shabbat.
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:
A00665-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-06-27
Date: added:
2008-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Metadata language:
heb
