COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 635 - 1
Obverse:
A 635 - 2
Image Number:
JRL050159dc
Image Title:
Hebrew letter
Subject:
Letters
Description:
Letter to Abu Sa`id
People covered:
Abu Sa`id Halfon b. Nethanel ha-Levi?
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
67 mm
Item width:
126 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Bibliographic Reference:
Goitein, S.D., A Mediterranean society, 6 vols. (Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, 1967-93). Cf. e.g.
Bibliographic Reference:
Shaked, S., A tentative bibliography of Geniza documents, p. 181.
Bibliographic Reference:
Goitein, S.D., Letters of medieval Jewish traders, pp. 9, 259-63. Cf. e.g.
Notes:
6 lines. Page meant to be turned vertically. Shaked refers to Goitein's unpublished 'India book' (248).
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:
A00635-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-05-14
Date: added:
2009-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
