COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 2597 - 2 & B 4094 - 2
Obverse:
B 2597 - 1 & B 4094 - 1
Image Number:
JRL022698dc
Image Title:
Maimonides autograph
Subject:
Philosophy
Creator:
Maimonides, Moses (1135-1204)
Creator Role:
Scribe
Creator Role:
Author
Source title:
Dalalat al-Ha'irin
Translated source title:
Guide of the Perplexed
Section:
Book II, Chapter 30
Citation reference:
Munk edition, p. 70b6-17
Creation site:
Egypt: Fustat
Date created:
1135-1204
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
111 mm
Item width:
162 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments:
Join between B 2597, B 4094 and Cambridge, University Library, Or.1081.2.44 From same manuscript: -Cambridge, University Library, T-S 10Ka4.1 -Cambridge, University Library, Mosseri VIII.35 -New York, Jewish Theological Seminary, ENA 3198.5
Bibliographic Reference:
Hopkins, S., 'Two new Maimonidean autographs in the John Rylands University Library', Bulletin of the JRULM 67/2, 1984/5, pp. 710-35. (facs. edition, transcription, translation)
Bibliographic Reference:
Outhwaite, B. and F. Niessen, 'A newly discovered autograph fragment of Maimonides' 'Guide for the Perplexed' from the Cairo Genizah', Journal of Jewish Studies 57/2 (2006), pp. 287-95. (facs. edition)
Bibliographic Reference:
Hopkins, S., 'An unpublished autograph fragment of Maimonides's Guide of the Perplexed', Bulletin of the SOAS 50/3, 1987, pp. 465-9. (mentioned)
Notes:
9 lines. For first line in margin compare Munk 70b17-21.
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:
B02597-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-05-21
Date: added:
2009-03
Metadata language:
eng-GB
