COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 1220 - 1
Obverse:
A 1220 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0800592dc
Image Title:
Judeo-Arabic letter
Subject:
Letters
Description:
Letter to (or concerning) sayyidna Samuel (ben Hananiah?) ha-Nagid
Date created:
1141-1159?
People covered:
Samuel ben Hananiah (fl. 1141-1159)?
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
68 mm
Item width:
67 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
6 lines. Samuel ha-Nagid and (Samu)el ben Hananiah mentioned, who occupied the office of nagid in Egypt between 1141 and 1159.
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
Image sequence number:
A01220-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-09-19
Date: added:
2008-03
Metadata language:
eng-GB
