COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 211 - 1
Obverse:
A 211 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0708552dc
Image Title:
Mishneh Torah
Subject:
Records
Subject:
Mishneh Torah
Creator:
Solomon ha-Levi (13th cent.)
Creator Role:
Scribe
Creator:
Maimonides, Moses (1135-1204)
Creator Role:
Author
Source title:
Mishneh Torah. Hilkhot Mikva'ot.
Section:
6.2-3
Creation site:
Egypt: Fustat?
Date created:
13th century
Language:
Hebrew
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
124 mm
Item width:
138 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Notes:
6 lines. Solomon Halevi was the son of Samuel b. Sa`adia the Judge (early 13th cent, Fustat). The Genizah contains numerous fragments of Solomon's copies of texts by Maimonides, Alfasi and other classics. Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic and Arabic jottings (= document) in the margins.
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:
A00211-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-06-12
Date: added:
2008-01
Metadata language:
eng-GB
