COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Gaster Heb. ms. 1623/3 - 18
Obverse:
Gaster Heb. ms. 1623/3 - 17
Image Number:
JRL1301338
Image Title:
Qissat mujadalat al-usquf
Translated Image Title:
Account of the Polemic of the Priest
Subject:
Polemics
Source title:
Qissat mujadalat al-usquf
Alternative source title:
Book of Nestor the Priest
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Vocalisation:
Tiberian
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
156 mm
Item width:
60 mm
Folio:
9 / 12 leaves, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments:
Gaster Heb. ms. 1623/3 fragments from same booklet
Bibliographic Reference:
Alexander, P. and S. Butbul, 'Rylands Gaster Heb. Ms. 1623/3 and the Qissat Mujadalat al-Usquf', in R. Smithuis and P.S. Alexander (eds), From Cairo to Manchester: Studies in the Rylands Genizah Fragments (Oxford, 2013), pp. 249-89, esp. pp. 272-3 (edition, commentary).
Notes:
Ca. 14 lines. Text related to the Qissa. Text partially faded. Vocalisation sign on line 1 only. Measurements are those of the present overall size of the booklet.
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:
GHM01623/003-18
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2012-09-27
Date: added:
2009-12
Metadata language:
eng-GB
