COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 1273 - 1
Obverse:
A 1273 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0800748dc
Image Title:
Calendar
Subject:
Calendars
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Script:
Numerals: Hindu-Arabic, eastern
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
128 mm
Item width:
198 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
16 lines. Part of a Jewish calendar (Tishri-Adar). Date partially preserved. Including Coptic and other years. Mentions basic astronomical data, weekdays of festivals, Torah readings and corresponding Muslim months.
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:
A01273-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-09-20
Date: added:
2007-10
Metadata language:
eng-GB
