COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 217 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 217 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0909267dc
Image Title:
Arabic letter
Subject:
Letters
Description:
A large piece of paper, containing a letter. Stained and torn. The letter begins at the middle of the page, the last lines are written on the right margins diagonally to the main text. The year 1223 (= 1808 CE) is mentioned at the bottom right corner. The page carries the marks of it being folded into four.
Time period covered:
19th Century CE
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
Torn and stained.
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:
PAR00217-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
29/01/2009
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
