COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
L 58 - 1
Obverse:
L 58 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0901786dc
Image Title:
Calendar
Subject:
Calendars
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
316 mm
Item width:
223 mm
Folio:
1 / 2 leaves, recto
Technique used:
Drawing
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink (black, red and blue)
Interrelation fragments:
Join between the two L 58 fragments
Notes:
Ca. 26 lines. Incomplete Jewish calendar mentioning some basic astronomical data, weekdays of festivals, Torah readings, and corresponding Muslim months. Embellished with floral motifs.
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:
L00058-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2008-10-22
Date: added:
2009-10
Metadata language:
eng-GB
