COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 208 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 208 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0803493dc
Image Title:
Commentary
Subject:
Magic
Source title:
Commentary on Al-`Amal bi'l-Za'iraja
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Numerals: Hindu-Arabic, eastern
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
199 mm
Item width:
144 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink (black and red)
Bibliographic Reference:
Rosenthal, F., Ibn Khaldūn / The Muqaddimah: an introduction to history, 3 vols. (London, 1958), vol. 3, pp. 182-214. Cf.
Bibliographic Reference:
Goldstein, B.R., 'The Hebrew astronomical tradition: new sources', Isis 72 (1981), pp. 237-51, esp. 251.
Notes:
21 lines. Commentary on Al-`Amal bi'l-Za'iraja of Ibn Sab`in (ca. 1217-1270). According to Ibn Khaldun, the za'iraja is a branch of the science of letter magic.
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:
PAR00208-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-01-30
Date: added:
2008-03
Metadata language:
eng-GB
