COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 677 - 2
Obverse:
Ar. 677 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0910283dc
Image Title:
Astronomical/philosophical/medical work?
Subject:
Astronomy
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Medicine
Description:
Badly torn, stained and mutilated. A few legible words, which may point to astronomical or philosophical or medical contents: "min ajram kathira" (from many bodies = i.e. celestial bodies?); "al-ajram as-sigar as-sulba" (the bodies of small backbone); "waqaa mina-l-harr wa-ditharuhum min " (protection from the heat and their cover is from -); fi al-badan (in the body).
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments:
Ar. 652-1, 652-2 and Ar. 654-1, 654-2.
Notes:
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:
PAR00677-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2009-02-18
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
