Detail View: Genizah Collection: Accents

Reference number: 
Rylands Genizah 2 - 1
Obverse: 
Rylands Genizah 2 - 2
Image Number: 
JRL050273dc
Image Title: 
Book of Jeremiah
Subject: 
Bible
Creator: 
Sahlan (10th cent.)
Creator Role: 
Scribe
Source title: 
Bible. Jeremiah.
Section: 
1.1-12
Creation site: 
Egypt: Gaifa near Bilbais
Date created: 
954
Language: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Hebrew
Vocalisation: 
Tiberian
Vocalisation: 
Babylonian
Accents: 
Accents
Massorah: 
No Massorah
Support material: 
Parchment
Item height: 
158 mm
Item width: 
140 mm
Folio: 
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Bibliographic Reference: 
Shaked, S., A tentative bibliography of Geniza documents, p. 180 (item 7).
Bibliographic Reference: 
Wallenstein., M., 'A dated tenth century Hebrew parchment fragment', Bulletin of the JRULM 40, 1957/8, pp. 551-8 (facsimile edition, transcription, translation).
Bibliographic Reference: 
Wallenstein, M., 'Two fragments from the Cairo Geniza in the John Rylands Library, Manchester', Sinai 45, 1959, pp. 302-14, esp. 310-4 (in Hebrew).
Notes: 
2 columns. 13 lines. Date expressed on verso as 886 since the destruction of the Temple.
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: 
Creative Commons License
Image sequence number: 
RGF00002-1
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2004-11-02
Date: added: 
2009-04
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Genizah