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Reference number: 
A 759 - 1
Obverse: 
A 759 - 2
Image Number: 
JRL0709831dc
Image Title: 
Poems by Najara
Subject: 
Liturgy and Poetry
Creator: 
Najara, Israel ben Moses (1555?-1625?)
Creator Role: 
Author
Source title: 
Zemirot Yisrael
Citation reference: 
Nos. 184 (on the left) and 186 + 188 (on the right) in the modern edition (1946)
Language: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Hebrew
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
154 mm
Item width: 
213 mm
Folio: 
1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, recto
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Style Period: 
Sephardic
Notes: 
26 lines. With suggested melodies. After each poem follow the relevant Biblical verses.
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: 
A00759-1
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2007-07-04
Date: added: 
2007-10
Metadata language: 
eng-GB