COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 75 - 1
Obverse:
A 75 - 2
Image Number:
JRL050119dc
Image Title:
Judeo-Arabic letter
Subject:
Letters
Description:
Letter discussing communal matters
Creation site:
Egypt: Fustat?
People covered:
Abraham
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
98 mm
Item width:
178 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Bibliographic Reference:
Goitein, S.D., A Mediterranean society, 6 vols. (Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, 1967-93), vol. 2, p. 543, nt. 3 (described).
Notes:
11 lines. Abraham "the joy of the yeshivah" mentioned. Could this be Abraham b. David b. Sighmar mentioned with this title in ENA 2804, f. 11 (Goitein, Med.Soc.3:183)?
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:
A00075-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-05-14
Date: added:
2009-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
