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Jottings; poetry

Title	Jottings; poetry
Author	Al-Šāfiʿī
Subject	Cairo Genizah
Type	Document
Language	ara,heb
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	2
Physical Dimensions	1 leaf. Leaf height: 18.1 cm, width: 13.9 cm.
Library:	Cambridge Digital Library
Record ID	MS-TS-AR-00040-00161
Library Location	Cambridge University Library — T-S Ar.40.161
Date	11th c. CE
Notes	Recto: list in Arabic, with a brief heading in Hebrew, זרע ברוכי י׳י ('the seed of the blessed of the LORD', Isaiah 65:23) – probably referring to those in charitable need, perhaps for payment of the poll tax. The list consists of males, many with rare names, and with lower class occupations (porter, cook, seller of hazelnuts etc). It includes foreigners from Palestine, as well as ʿEli ha-Kohen, who Goitein (1971: 467) identifies with the poet ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel. Another short text is written in a different hand and ink, mentioning the importance of knowledge and citing a poem belong to Al-Šāfiʿī (767–820): Verso: accounts.
İlişkili Ad(lar)	ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel
Durum	Rubbed, slightly stained, slightly faded
Bağışçı(lar)	Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Fonlama	The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Mizanpaj	14 lines (recto); 7 lines (verso)
Materyal	Paper
Köken (Provenance)	Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Oluşturma Tarihi (Bağlantı Türü)	keyword search
Oluşturma Türü	creation
Görüntü Hakları (Görüntüleme)	Cambridge University Library
Görüntü Hakları (İndirme)	This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact [email protected].
Dil Kodu 1	ara
Dil Kodu 2	heb
Dil 1	Arabic
Dil 2	Hebrew
Metadata Hakları	This metadata is published free of restrictions, under the terms of the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Küçük Resim Yönü	portrait
Filigran Beyanı	Cambridge University Library

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Jottings; poetry

Author Al-Šāfiʿī

Subject Cairo Genizah

Type Document

Language ara,heb

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 2

Physical Dimensions 1 leaf. Leaf height: 18.1 cm, width: 13.9 cm.

Library Cambridge Digital Library

Record ID MS-TS-AR-00040-00161

Library Location Cambridge University Library — T-S Ar.40.161

Date 11th c. CE

Notes Recto: list in Arabic, with a brief heading in Hebrew, זרע ברוכי י׳י ('the seed of the blessed of the LORD', Isaiah 65:23) – probably referring to those in charitable need, perhaps for payment of the poll tax. The list consists of males, many with rare names, and with lower class occupations (porter, cook, seller of hazelnuts etc). It includes foreigners from Palestine, as well as ʿEli ha-Kohen, who Goitein (1971: 467) identifies with the poet ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel. Another short text is written in a different hand and ink, mentioning the importance of knowledge and citing a poem belong to Al-Šāfiʿī (767–820): Verso: accounts.

İlişkili Ad(lar) ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel

Durum Rubbed, slightly stained, slightly faded

Bağışçı(lar) Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908

Fonlama The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.

Mizanpaj 14 lines (recto); 7 lines (verso)

Materyal Paper

Köken (Provenance) Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Oluşturma Tarihi (Bağlantı Türü) keyword search

Oluşturma Türü creation

Görüntü Hakları (Görüntüleme) Cambridge University Library

Görüntü Hakları (İndirme) This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact [email protected].

Dil Kodu 1 ara

Dil Kodu 2 heb

Dil 1 Arabic

Dil 2 Hebrew

Metadata Hakları This metadata is published free of restrictions, under the terms of the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

Küçük Resim Yönü portrait

Filigran Beyanı Cambridge University Library