COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 2970 - 1
Obverse:
B 2970 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0804817dc
Image Title:
Betrothal document
Subject:
Marriage records
Creator:
Halfon ben Manasse (fl. 1100-1138)
Creator Role:
Scribe
Creation site:
Egypt: Fustat
Date created:
1100-1138
People covered:
Halfon ha-Levi
People covered:
Halfon ha-Levi b. R. Benjamin ha-Levi
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
216 mm
Item width:
81 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:
15 lines. The name of the groom hypothetically reconstructed on the basis of lines 8 and 15. Date partially preserved (Tishri year X). For a similar betrothal see Weiss, p. 310 (Cambridge, University Library, NS 226.11). A few words written in vertical direction on top of the main text.
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:
B02970-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-03-11
Date: added:
2008-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Genizah
