Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??


Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

Or 5561B

Record Id:
032-003430338
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003430338
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100067423182.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5561B
Title:
Documents and amulets (genizah fragments)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
[{ "id" : "032-003430338", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 5561B: Documents and amulets (genizah fragments)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003430338
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003430338
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
27 folios
Digitised Content:
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5561B (digital images currently unavailable)
Thumbnail:
Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
0900
End Date:
1880
Date Range:
0900-1880
Era:
CE
Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
TEI:

Or 5561B

Documents and amulets (genizah fragments)

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-27v
Title: תעודות וקמעות
Title: Teʿudot ṿe-ḳemaʿot

F. 1: request to send 20 good new poems composed by one Abu Sa`id. The writer mentions that he had already sent 7 letters on this matter.

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: mixed
Support: Paper and parchment fragments.
Extent: 27 folios

Hand(s)

Hebrew scripts.

History

Origin: 0900-1880

Provenance and Acquisition

Cairo Genizah

Accession date 30 August 1915

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the TEI records received from the Friedberg Genizah Project and the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel. For more a detailed record, consult the Friedberg Genizah Project catalogue (https://fjms.genizah.org/).

Availability

WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.

Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5561B (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth,Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), vol. IV. p. 154.
    Mann J: The Jews in Egypt and in Palestine under the Fatimid caliphs. , cf.Vol. 1: 175; Vol. 2: 209.
    Shaked S: Shaked, Shaul: A tentative bibliography of Geniza documents: prepared under the Direction of D. H. Baneth and S. D. Goitein Vol: 0.1964. , cf.178. Mentioned
    Goitein S D: A Mediterranean society: the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza Vol: 3.1978. , cf.pages 367 and 402. Mentioned
    Mann J: The Jews in Egypt and in Palestine under the Fatimid Caliphs Vol: 2.1922. , cf.209. Discussion, Transcription (Partial)

Funding of Cataloguing

BL