COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 7120 - 1
Obverse:
B 7120 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0807421dc
Image Title:
Kitab al-Zawjiyya
Subject:
Jewish law
Creator:
Samuel ben Hophni (d. 1013)
Creator Role:
Author
Source title:
Kitab Ahkam al-Zawjiyya
Alternative source title:
Kitab al-Zawjiyya
Translated source title:
Book of the Laws of Marriage
Section:
Title-page and opening of the book
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
80 mm
Item width:
96 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments:
B 7119 and B 7120 from same manuscript
Bibliographic Reference:
Sklare, D.E., Samuel ben Hofni Gaon and his cultural world: texts and studies (Leiden/New York/Koeln, 1996), p. 20, no. 8.
Notes:
13 lines. Text partially faded. Cambridge, University Library, T-S 8Fa2.2 basically contains the same incipit, where the book is ascribed to Rabbi Samuel ha-Kohen.
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:
JRUL
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:
B07120 - 1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-06-12
Date: added:
2009-03
Metadata language:
eng-GB
