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Or 5536

Record Id:
032-003451218
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5536
Title:
Genizah fragments
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
4 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5536 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1015
End Date:
1299
Date Range:
1015-1299
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Nathan nem Solomon ha-Kohen
נתן בן שלמה הכהן
TEI:

Or 5536

Genizah fragments

Contents

Four fragments from the Cairo Genizah.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 4 folios

Hand(s)

Hebrew scripts.

History

Origin: 1015-1299 11th-13th century (not before 1015)

Provenance and Acquisition

Cairo Genizah

I

Contents

ff. 1r-1v
Title: שטר חליצה בפסטאט
Title: Sheṭar ḥalitsah be-Fusṭaṭ

History

Origin: 1015 Egypt (Cairo)

II

Contents

ff. 2r-2v
Title: שטר אירוסין
Title: Sheṭar Erusin

A contract of betrothal in Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic.

History

Origin: 1157 Egypt (Cairo)

III

Contents

ff. 3r-3v
Title: פרוטוקולים של הישיבה
Title: Proṭoḳolim shel ha-Yeshivah

A leaf from a book containing decisions and transactions of an oriental bet din, in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew.

The recto begins with the end of an entry, which bore the number 8, dated 575 AH (1179-1180 CE).

Nos. 9 and 10 deal with an offence of slander commited by a talmid.

In Judeo-Arabic.

History

Origin: 1100-1199 12th century

IV

Contents

ff. 4r-4v
Author: נתן בן שלמה הכהן Nathan nem Solomon ha-Kohen
Title: אגרת אל טוביה בן עלי הכהן
Title: Igeret ʾel Tuviyah ben Ali ha-Kohen

History

Origin: 1100-1199 12th century?

Additional Information

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/).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5536 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    G. Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1899-1935, 1977, 4 vols), vol. III, no. 1132.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL