COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
mediaCollectionId
ManchesterDev~95~2
Genizah Collection
Collection
true
Reference number:
B 5738 - 1
reference_number
B 5738 - 1
Reference number
false
Obverse:
B 5738 - 2
obverse
B 5738 - 2
Obverse
false
Image Number:
JRL0709981dc
image_number
JRL0709981dc
Image Number
false
Image Title:
Judeo-Arabic letter
image_title
Judeo-Arabic letter
Image Title
false
Subject:
Records
subject
Records
Subject
false
Subject:
Letters
subject
Letters
Subject
false
Description:
An unnamed elder directs the beadle Abu 'l-Tahir to furnish Harun the copyist with a good copy of a Torah scroll so that the latter can copy from it
description
An unnamed elder directs the beadle Abu 'l-Tahir to furnish Harun the copyist with a good copy of a Torah scroll so that the latter can copy from it
Description
false
Date created:
12th-13th century?
date_created
12th-13th century?
Date created
false
People covered:
Harun
people_covered
Harun
People covered
false
People covered:
Abu 'l-Tahir
people_covered
Abu 'l-Tahir
People covered
false
Language:
Arabic
language
Arabic
Language
false
Script:
Hebrew
script
Hebrew
Script
false
Support material:
Paper
support_material
Paper
Support material
false
Item height:
63 mm
item_height
63 mm
Item height
false
Item width:
96 mm
item_width
96 mm
Item width
false
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
folio
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Folio
false
Technique used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
Technique used
false
Interrelation fragments:
B 4525 and B 5738 both mention a Harun the copyist
interrelation_fragments
B 4525 and B 5738 both mention a Harun the copyist
Interrelation fragments
false
Notes:
5 lines. Harun is to bring the book to the beadle each Friday, to be read on Shabbat. A beadle named Abu al-Tahir b. Mahfuz was active between 1183 and 1223 (Med. Soc. II 421, 431, 546; IV 436; V 547).
notes
5 lines. Harun is to bring the book to the beadle each Friday, to be read on Shabbat. A beadle named Abu al-Tahir b. Mahfuz was active between 1183 and 1223 (Med. Soc. II 421, 431, 546; IV 436; V 547).
Notes
false
Transcription:
bibliography
<a href="http://etc.princeton.edu/genizaproject/object/5247">Link to transcription</a>
Transcription
false
Discovery site:
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
discovery_site
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Discovery site
false
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current repository
false
Former repository:
Moses Gaster
former_repository
Moses Gaster
Former repository
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Fragments
sub_category
Fragments
Sub-Category
false
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
image_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Image rights
false
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights
false
Access rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.</a> Copyright of The University of Manchester
Access rights
false
Image sequence number:
B05738-1
image_sequence_number
B05738-1
Image sequence number
false
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
image_technique
Digital capture by Gten
Image technique
false
Date image captured:
2007-07-24
date_image_captured
2007-07-24
Date image captured
false
Date: added:
2007-10
date__issued
2007-10
Date: added
false
Metadata language:
eng-GB
metadata_language
eng-GB
Metadata language
false