COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 917 - 2
Obverse:
A 917 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0710752dc
Image Title:
Fara'id al-Qulub
Subject:
Ethics
Subject:
Philosophy
Creator:
Japheth ben Solomon ha-Levi ha-Parnas (12th cent.)?
Creator Role:
Scribe
Creator:
Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda (11th cent.)
Creator Role:
Author
Source title:
Kitab al-Hidaya ila Fara'id al-Qulub
Translated source title:
Book of Guidance to the Duties of the Hearts
Section:
Chapter 2, section 5
Citation reference:
Yahuda edition, p. 109.10-9
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
220 mm
Item width:
156 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Interrelation fragments:
A 917 and Cambridge, University Library, T-S Arab. 44.88 from same manuscript
Notes:
18 lines. The scribe is famous for his authorized copy of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (Oxford, Bodl. 577) and the known copyist of numerous Genizah fragments of Rabbinic classics.
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:
A00917-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-08-08
Date: added:
2007-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
