COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 2319 - 1
Obverse:
B 2319 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0803298dc
Image Title:
Calendar
Subject:
Calendars
Date created:
1794-1795
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
77 mm
Item width:
100 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Medium:
Ink (black and red)
Notes:
11 lines. Part of a Jewish calendar (Tishri) for 5555 AM, which according to the calendar corresponds to 1793 AD. Mentioned are the exact beginning of the month, weekdays of festivals, Torah readings, equivalent Muslim months, etc.
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:
B02319-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-01-29
Date: added:
2009-01
Metadata language:
eng-GB
