Detail View: Genizah Collection:

Reference number: 
A 917 - 2
Obverse: 
A 917 - 1
Image Number: 
JRL0710752dc
Image Title: 
Fara'id al-Qulub
Subject: 
Ethics
Subject: 
Philosophy
Creator: 
Japheth ben Solomon ha-Levi ha-Parnas (12th cent.)?
Creator Role: 
Scribe
Creator: 
Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda (11th cent.)
Creator Role: 
Author
Source title: 
Kitab al-Hidaya ila Fara'id al-Qulub
Translated source title: 
Book of Guidance to the Duties of the Hearts
Section: 
Chapter 2, section 5
Citation reference: 
Yahuda edition, p. 109.10-9
Language: 
Arabic
Script: 
Hebrew
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
220 mm
Item width: 
156 mm
Folio: 
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Style Period: 
Oriental
Interrelation fragments: 
A 917 and Cambridge, University Library, T-S Arab. 44.88 from same manuscript
Notes: 
18 lines. The scribe is famous for his authorized copy of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (Oxford, Bodl. 577) and the known copyist of numerous Genizah fragments of Rabbinic classics.
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: 
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number: 
A00917-2
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2007-08-08
Date: added: 
2007-11
Metadata language: 
eng-GB