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Or 10590

Record Id:
032-003457479
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 10590
Title:
Miscellaneous genizah fragments
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
16 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10590 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
0900
End Date:
1880
Date Range:
0900-1880
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Aḃraham ben Moses ben Maimon, 1186-1237,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000010939709X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/120695024
Aḃraham ben Moses ben Maimon, 1186-1237,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000010939709X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/120695024
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Joseph ben Jacob Rosh ha-Seder
Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555-1625
Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555-1625
יוסף בן יעקב, ראש הסדר
TEI:

Or 10590

Miscellaneous genizah fragments

Contents

A collection of fragments of letters, lists, liturgical poems from the Cairo Genizah.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 16 folios
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew scripts.

History

Origin: 0900-1880

Provenance and Acquisition

Cairo Genizah

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1442; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924.

I

Contents

ff. 1r-1v
Title: שטר. פסטאט 1563
Title: Shṭar, Fusṭaṭ 1563

History

Origin: 1563 Egypt (Fustat)

II

Contents

ff. 2r-2v
Title: סדור תפלה (קטע)
Title: Sidur tefilah (ḳeṭaʿ)

IV

Contents

ff. 4r-5v
Author: נג’רה, ישראל בן משה Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?
Title: אוסף שירים ובקשות (קטע)
Title: Osef shirim u-veḳashot (ḳeṭaʿ)

V

Contents

ff. 6r-6v
Title: Letter to Joseph

VI

Contents

ff. 7r-7v
Title: List of names

VII

Contents

ff. 8r-9v
Title: Fragments of a letter

VIII

Contents

ff. 10r-10v
Title: תעודה מקהיר
Title: Teʿudah me-Ḳahir

Mentions Fustat, Egypt, and Abraham ha-Rav ha-Nagid, who may be Abraham ben Moses ben Maimon, son of Maimonides, and the document may have been issued by his Bet Din.

Part of the date is still visible in the top line: ... עשר מן סהר אייר שנת .... Rabbi Abraham was the leader (nagid) of the Egyptian Jewish community between 1213 and1238.

History

Origin: 1213-1238 Egypt

IX

Contents

ff. 11r-11v
Title: Fragment of a letter

X

Contents

ff. 12r-13v
Title: מעשיות ואגדות (קטע)
Title: Maʾaśiyot ṿe-agadot

XII

Contents

ff. 15r-15v
Author: יוסף בן יעקב, ראש הסדר Joseph ben Jacob Rosh ha-Seder
Title: כתאב אלתדריג’ (קטע)

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/) and the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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