COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 289 - 1
Obverse:
A 289 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0708736dc
Image Title:
Calendar
Subject:
Calendars
Date created:
1821
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
300 mm
Item width:
99 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Drawing
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Medium:
Ink (black and ochre)
Notes:
36 lines. Chart. Date expressed according to several calendars (Jewish, Christian, Coptic, etc.). Mentioned are the exact beginning of the month, weekdays of festivals, Torah readings, equivalent Muslim months, etc.
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:
A00289-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-06-14
Date: added:
2008-01
Metadata language:
eng-GB
