Detail View: Genizah Collection:
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Reference number:
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Ar. 58 - 1
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Obverse:
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Ar. 58 - 2
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Image Number:
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JRL0908933dc
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Image Title:
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Astronomical work
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Alternative Image Title:
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Risala 'an al-kura dhat al-kursi mukhtasara
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Translated Image Title:
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A short treatise on the constellation which is the possessor of the throne (= Cassiopeia)
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Subject:
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Astronomy
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Source title:
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Risala 'an al-kura dhat al-kursi mukhtasara
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Translated source title:
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A short treatise on the constellation which is the possessor of the throne (= Cassiopeia)
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Section:
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Preface and beginning of the first section
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Description:
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Astronomy. Muslim author. The first page of the treatise, begins with the basmallah, which includes Muhammad as the Seal (= the last) of the Prophets. The writer states that this treatise holds muqaddima and 13 chapters/sections.
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Language:
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Arabic
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Script:
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Arabic
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Vocalisation:
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Vocalisation
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Support material:
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Paper
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Folio:
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1 / 1 leaf, recto
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink (black and red)
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Notes:
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19 lines. Sporadic vocalization.There's a page-keeper. The first words of each paragraph are in red ink.
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Former repository:
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Moses Gaster
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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JRUL
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Access rights:
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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester |
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Image sequence number:
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PAR00058-1
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
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Date image captured:
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23/01/2009
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Date: added:
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2009-11
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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