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From Cairo to Manchester : studies in the Rylands Genizah fragments / edited by Renate Smithuis and Philip S. Alexander.
- Title
- From Cairo to Manchester : studies in the Rylands Genizah fragments / edited by Renate Smithuis and Philip S. Alexander.
- Publication
- Oxford : published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the University of Manchester, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Use in library | BM436.C352 B46 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 304 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.
- Summary
- University of Manchester Library holds a collection of around 15,000 fragments, mostly written in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, from the Genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo, purchased from the estate of Dr Moses Gaster in 1954. About 90% of the items are on paper, the remainder on parchment. The vast majority are very small fragments. They date from the 10th to the 19th century AD and include religious texts, literary material relating to grammar, philosophy, medicine, astrology and astronomy together with documents such as letters, bills and notebooks etc.
- Series Statement
- Journal of Semitic studies. Supplement, 0022-4480 ; 31
- Uniform Title
- Journal of Semitic studies. Supplement ; 31.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 0198701535
- 9780198701538
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library