COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 3001 - 1
Obverse:
B 3001 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0701896dc
Image Title:
Betrothal document
Subject:
Marriage records
Creator:
Halfon ben Manasse (fl. 1100-1138)
Creator Role:
Scribe
Description:
Betrothal agreement between Bayan and Sitt al-Nasab
Creation site:
Egypt: Fustat
Date created:
1100-1138
Place covered:
Egypt: Fustat
People covered:
Sitt al-Nasab
People covered:
Bayan
Language:
Arabic
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
88 mm
Item width:
90 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Interrelation fragments:
Recognised as Halfon's hand: A 220, A 316, A 337, A 355, A 816, A 1104, A 1143, B 2377, B 2382, B 2681, B 2827, B 2842 (?), B 2846, B 2864, B 2970, B 3001, B 3083, B 3784, B 4782, B 5478, B 5611
Bibliographic Reference:
Weiss, G., Legal documents written by the court clerk Halfon ben Manasse, dated 1100-1138 (PhD thesis 1970). Cf.
Notes:
10 lines. Among the provisions included is the groom's assurance that he will not prevent the bride from travelling from Fustat nor will he force her to travel against her will. (A similar set of arrangements, also pertaining to a woman named Sitt al-Nasab, is reflected in Cambridge, University Library, T-S 16.35. See Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 3:173-74.)
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:
B03001-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-01-10
Date: added:
2007-03
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Genizah
