COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
L 75 - 1
Obverse:
L 75 - 2
Image Number:
JRL050230dc
Image Title:
Judeo-Arabic letter
Subject:
Letters
Creator:
Josiah ben Aaron (11th cent.)
Creator Role:
Author
Creator Role:
Scribe
Date created:
c.1030
People covered:
Abu Bishr Sulayman (Solomon) b. Tsemah al-`Attar
People covered:
Abraham b. Mevasser (Abraham al-Parnas)
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
279 mm
Item width:
185 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Bibliographic Reference:
Gil, M., A history of Palestine, 634-1099 (Cambridge, 1992), nos. 856-857.
Bibliographic Reference:
Gil, M. in Te`udah 7, 1991, pp. 300, 320-2 (partly transcribed and translated to Hebrew).
Notes:
34 lines. Text partially faded. Josiah ben Aaron was the grandson of Josiah ben Aaron ha-Ga'on. Gil identifies the mentioned Abraham ha-Parnas with Abraham b. Mevasser.
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:
L00075-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-05-21
Date: added:
2009-03
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Genizah
