COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
L 135 - 2
Obverse:
L 135 - 1
Image Number:
JRL050249dc
Image Title:
Poems by Najara
Subject:
Liturgy and Poetry
Creator:
Najara, Israel ben Moses (1555?-1625?)
Creator Role:
Author
Source title:
She'erit Yisrael
Section:
Numbered 7-8 (on the right), 8-9 (on the left)
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
149 mm
Item width:
208 mm
Folio:
1+2 / 4 leaves (2 x 2 conjoined), verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Sephardic
Interrelation fragments:
A 1206, B 2967, B 3426 and L 135 (both fragments) from same manuscript. Folios with catchwords L 135 and A 1206 are consecutive. See also B 2244.
Bibliographic Reference:
Davidson I, p. 145, no. 3081 (= No. 8 on fragment).
Bibliographic Reference:
Davidson I, p. 71, no. 1534 (= No. 9).
Bibliographic Reference:
Davidson II, p. 295, no. 819 (= No. 10).
Notes:
25 lines. Collection of poems. Bakkashot for weekdays and (the first day of) months. The titles She'erit Yisrael and Mi-Zemirot Yisrael alternate per folio side. Incipits of no. 6 (which is visible on recto of this fragment) and no. 7 not immediately traced in Davidson.
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:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
L00135-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-05-21
Date: added:
2009-03
Metadata language:
eng-GB
