COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 1949 - 1
Obverse:
B 1949 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0802458dc
Image Title:
Calendar
Subject:
Calendars
Date created:
1767/68
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
120 mm
Item width:
166 mm
Folio:
1+2 / 4 leaves (2 x 2 conjoined), recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments:
B 1949 fragments form a complete calendar
Notes:
19 lines. Part of a Jewish calendar. Mentions basic astronomical (and astrological) data, weekdays of festivals, Torah readings and corresponding Muslim months. Dated 528 AM in the form of the gematria כל צבאות. Dates according to other calendars added as well.
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:
B01949-01
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-11-21
Date: added:
2008-06
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Metadata language:
heb
