COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
L 192 - 1
Obverse:
L 192 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0902196dc
Image Title:
Judeo-Arabic letter
Subject:
Commercial documents
Subject:
Records
Subject:
Letters
Creator:
Abraham ha-Levi (18-19th cent.)
Creator Role:
Author
Date created:
1808-11-15
Place covered:
Egypt: Alexandria
People covered:
Saʽūr ha-Levi (18th-19th cent.)
People covered:
Francis Karo (18th-19th cent.)
People covered:
Ahmad Shaltūt (18th-19th cent.)
People covered:
Hasan Abu'l-Fadl (18th-19th cent.)
People covered:
Abraham ha-Levi Skandari (18th-19th cent.)
People covered:
Abraham Maimon (18th-19th cent.)
People covered:
Umar Serāda (18th-19th cent.)
People covered:
Saʽd Pinto (18th-19th cent.)
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: Hindu-Arabic, eastern
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
255 mm
Item width:
320 mm
Folio:
1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Bibliographic Reference:
Khan, G., 'A Judaeo-Arabic Document from Ottoman Egypt in the Rylands Genizah Collection', in R. Smithuis and P.S. Alexander (eds), From Cairo to Manchester: Studies in the Rylands Genizah Fragments (Oxford, 2013), pp. 233-47, esp. 238-47 (plates, edition, translation, commentary).
Notes:
36 lines. Commercial letter from Ottoman Egypt. Date expressed as Tuesday 25 Hešwan 569.
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:
Image sequence number:
L00192-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2008-11-11
Date: added:
2009-10
Metadata language:
eng-GB
