COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 387 - 1
Obverse:
A 387 - 2
Image Number:
JRL050141dc
Image Title:
Zodiacal signs
Subject:
Calendars
Subject:
Astrology
Subject:
Astronomy
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
131 mm
Item width:
96 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Technique used:
Drawing
Style Period:
Italian
Medium:
Ink (various colours)
Notes:
13 lines. Text almost faded. Drawings of small figures symbolising the zodiacal signs Virgo, Libra and Scorpio.
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
Access rights:
Image sequence number:
A00387-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-05-14
Date: added:
2009-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
