A Saiva scribe, with a stylus in his right hand, a palm leaf in his left, and his bundle of leaves caught under his left arm.
Scope & Content:
A Saiva scribe, with a stylus in his right hand, a palm leaf in his left, and his bundle of leaves caught under his left arm. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Ecrivins.’
This fonds contains digital images of a selection of the Jacques Mosseri Genizah Archive. The collection contains more than 7,000 fragments. The dates of its content range from the tenth century to the early twentieth century. Most of the genres typical of the Taylor-Schechter Collection, such as...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Aramaic, Coptic, Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Persian, and Ladino