COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 399 - 4
Obverse:
Ar. 399 - 3
Image Number:
JRL0909679dc
Image Title:
Judeo-Arabic translation of Ruth
Alternative Image Title:
Sharh to Ruth
Subject:
Bible--Versions
Description:
Judaeo-Arabic translation of Ruth (Sharh). Plain paper, on which lines have been ruled in hand, in a lighter shade of pen. Modern handwriting. Each page is entitled: "Rut bil-'arabi" (Ruth in Arabic). Ar. 399-1 begins with chapter two of the scroll, and Ar. 399-4 ends in verse 16 of the same chapter. Each verse is enumerated at its end with Arabic numerals in brackets, following a decoration of dots arranged in a diamond-like shape.
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
2 / 2 leaves, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
Slightly torn and stained.
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:
PAR00399-4
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2009-02-04
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
