COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 200 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 200 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0909235dc
Image Title:
Arabic tales
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Literature
Description:
Literature a story about Abu Nuwas, the most famous Arabic poet of the 'Abbasid period (d. 813/815) and Hammad 'Ajrad, an Arab satirical poet of the 'Abbasid period as well (d. 8th century).
People covered:
Hammad 'Ajrad (d. 8th century)
People covered:
Abu Nuwas (d. 813-815)
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
1 / 3 leaves, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink (black and red)
Notes:
The pages are torn at their bottom half and left margins. At least 8 lines were left. Words that begin the narrative, such as wa-hukiya or the various conjugations of the verb qala are either underlined with red ink or written in red ink. Red dots are used to mark the beginning and the ending of poem verses.
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:
PAR00200-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
29/01/2009
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
