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Or 10588

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032-003453930
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Or 10588
Title:
Cairo Genizah fragments
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
5 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10588 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
0900
End Date:
1199
Date Range:
0900-1199
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
TEI:

Or 10588

Cairo Genizah fragments

Contents

A collection of fragments of documents.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 5 folios

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew scripts.

History

Origin: 0900-1199 10th-12th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Cairo Genizah

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1439; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924.

I

Contents

ff. 1r-1v
Title: Section of court record

Statement that accusations of immoral behavior of a wife, Hisana bint Asma, were untrue. Signed by Abraham b. Japheth.

Filiation: New York, JTS: ENA 2642.14

History

Origin: ca. 989-1088

II

Contents

ff. 2r-2v
Title: Fragment of a document dealing with the building of a house

Lower right corner of a large document.

Filiation: New York, JTS: ENA 2642.14

References

דנציג, נחמן: קטלוג של שרידי הלכה ומדרש מגניזת-קאהיר באוסף א"נ אדלר שבספריית בית המדרש לרבנים באמריקה .תשנ"ח. , cf.92.
Weiss G: Legal documents written by the court clerk Halfon ben Manasse (dated 1100-1138), (Ph.D. dissertation).1970. 2 vols.. , cf.Vol. 1, 39.
Goitein S D: A Mediterranean society: the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza Vol: 1.1967. , cf.496. Index

History

Origin: 1100-1132 Egypt (Fustat)

III

Contents

ff. 3r-3v
Title: Undertaking by the Merchant Abu 'l-Murajja b. Nathan to pay for the upkeep of his little daughter

Filiation: New York, JTS: ENA 2642.14

References

דנציג, נחמן: קטלוג של שרידי הלכה ומדרש מגניזת-קאהיר באוסף א"נ אדלר שבספריית בית המדרש לרבנים באמריקה כרך: 0.תשנ"ח. , cf.92.
Goitein, Shlomo Dov: Geniza Papers of a Documentary Character in the Gaster Collection of the British Museum in: Jewish Quarterly Review.1961. 34-46. , cf.37-38.
דוד, יחזקאל: ילדי הגרושה לאור תעודות הגניזה הקהירית: החזקתם, מזונותיהם וחינוכם in: סיני: ירחון לתורה ולמדעי היהדות כרך: 0.תשסז.
Weiss G: Legal documents written by the court clerk Halfon ben Manasse (dated 1100-1138), (Ph.D. dissertation).1970. 2 vols.. , cf.Vol. 1, 39.
Goitein S D: A Mediterranean society: the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza Vol: 1.1967. , cf.496. Index
דוד, יחזקאל: הגירושין בקרב היהודים על פי תעודות הגניזה ומקורות אחרים כרך: 1.תש"ס. , cf.176-177. Discussion, Transcription (Partial), Translation (Partial)

History

Origin: 1151 1151 Egypt (Fustat)

IV

Contents

ff. 4r-5v
Title: Astronomical work on the calendar

In Judeo-Arabic.

Filiation: New York, JTS: ENA 2642.14

References

דנציג, נחמן: קטלוג של שרידי הלכה ומדרש מגניזת-קאהיר באוסף א"נ אדלר שבספריית בית המדרש לרבנים באמריקה כרך: 0.תשנ"ח. , cf.92.
Weiss G: Legal documents written by the court clerk Halfon ben Manasse (dated 1100-1138), (Ph.D. dissertation).1970. 2 vols.. , cf.Vol. 1, 39.

History

Origin: 0900-1199 10th-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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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10588 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    דנציג, נחמן: קטלוג של שרידי הלכה ומדרש מגניזת-קאהיר באוסף א"נ אדלר שבספריית בית המדרש לרבנים באמריקה . תשנ"ח . , cf.92.
    Goitein, Shlomo Dov: Geniza Papers of a Documentary Character in the Gaster Collection of the British Museum in: Jewish Quarterly Review. 1961. 34-46. , cf.45.
    Weiss G: Legal documents written by the court clerk Halfon ben Manasse (dated 1100-1138), (Ph.D. dissertation). 1970. 2 vols.. , cf.Vol. 1, 39.
    Goitein S D: A Mediterranean society: the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza Vol: 1. 1967. , cf.496. Index.

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