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Reference number: 
A 552 - 1
Obverse: 
A 552 - 2
Image Number: 
JRL0701814dc
Image Title: 
Ethical text
Subject: 
Parody
Subject: 
Bible
Subject: 
Medicine
Subject: 
Ethics
Source title: 
Bible. Ecclesiastes.
Section: 
On the right: Ecclesiastes 11.9-12.8 (entitled פסוקי קהלת)
Language: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Hebrew
Vocalisation: 
Tiberian
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
201 mm
Item width: 
155 mm
Folio: 
1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, recto
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Style Period: 
Oriental
Notes: 
28 lines. Sporadic vocalisation. The ethical piece, which starts with משקה לרפואת הנפש, consists of a partially rhymed parody on a medical recipe.
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: 
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number: 
A00552-1
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2007-01-09
Date: added: 
2007-02
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Metadata language: 
heb