COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 2963 - 1
Obverse:
B 2963 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0804803dc
Image Title:
Prayer book
Subject:
Prayer
Section:
Title-page followed by the beginning of a prayer book for the evening of the Shabbat: Psalm 92 ("mizmor shir le-yom ha-shabbat"), verses 1-3 (lines 10-12)
People covered:
Sa'adia ben Yeshu'ah
Language:
Arabic
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
182 mm
Item width:
147 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Drawing
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Notes:
13 lines. Sa'adiah was probably the owner of the prayer book. With Judeo-Arabic instructions. Most of the text faded. Includes doodle.
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:
B02963-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-03-11
Date: added:
2009-04
Metadata language:
eng-GB
