COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 2883 - 1
Obverse:
B 2883 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0804647dc
Image Title:
Biblical verses
Subject:
Prayer
Subject:
Liturgy and Poetry
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
98 mm
Item width:
173 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Notes:
8 lines. Lines 1-7 contain Bible quotations to do with sun and moon, such as Isaiah 66.22 (lines 3-4), Psalm 104.19 (line 5), Psalm 113.3 (lines 5-6). Final line contains the beginning of a liturgical poem that is an alphabetic acrostic. Possibly related to the prayer of Rosh Hodesh. 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:
B02883-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-03-04
Date: added:
2008-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
