COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 6289 - 2
Obverse:
B 6289 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0805517dc
Image Title:
Egyptian scroll
Subject:
Historiography
Creator:
Samuel ha-Shelishi (10th-11th cent.)
Creator Role:
Author
Source title:
Megillat Mitsrayim
Citation reference:
J. Mann, The Jews in Egypt and in Palestine under the Faṭimid caliphs, 2 vols (Oxford 1920-2), vol. 2, p. 35.22-3
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Vocalisation:
Tiberian
Accents:
Accents
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
76 mm
Item width:
101 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
6 lines. Megillat Mitsrayim is a historical document describing an anti-Jewish outbreak in 1012 in Egypt. Vocalisation and accentuation signs in a lighter ink.
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:
B06289-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-04-01
Date: added:
2008-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
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