COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 1949 - 2
Obverse:
B 1949 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0802459dc
Image Title:
Calendar
Subject:
Calendars
Subject:
Children: Writing
Date created:
1767/68
Language:
Hebrew
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
120 mm
Item width:
166 mm
Folio:
1+2 / 4 leaves (2 x 2 conjoined), verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments:
B 1949 fragments form a complete calendar
Notes:
20 lines. Part of a Jewish calendar. Mentions basic astronomical (and astrological) data, weekdays of festivals, Torah readings and corresponding Muslim months. Arabic alphabet practised on the left, probably by a child who identifies himself as "ha-tsa`ir David Tsanua`" on recto. Catchword. Text partially faded.
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:
B01949-02
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-11-21
Date: added:
2008-06
Metadata language:
eng-GB
