COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 6104 - 1
Obverse:
B 6104 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0805109dc
Image Title:
Judeo-Arabic letter
Subject:
Letters
People covered:
Abu Mansur
People covered:
Abu 'l-Faraj
People covered:
Isaac Nafusi
People covered:
Abu 'l-Najm
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
135 mm
Item width:
132 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments:
Probably join between B 6104 and B 6105
Bibliographic Reference:
Goitein, S.D., A Mediterranean society, 6 vols. (Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, 1967-93), vol. 1, p. 204. Cf.
Notes:
16 lines. A certain Isaac Nafusi described by Goitein as a 'prominent India merchant' (see Oxford, Bodleian Library, Heb. c 28, f. 50). Misr probably mentioned on line 7.
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:
B06104-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-03-18
Date: added:
2008-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
