Leaf from Saʿadya\u2019s commentary on the book of Isaiah. There is an owner\u2019s note, written in large outline script, for Jacob he-Ḥaver b. Job. A smaller and neater colophon identifies the work and states that it was purchased by Josiah he-Ḥaver b. Aaron \u2018the distinguished\u2019 son of Josiah, Av. He bought it in the year that he was ordained into the Jerusalem Academy (בישיבה הקדושה ישיבת הצבי), the year 4791 of the Era of Creation (= 1030-1031 CE), in Acre. Later, presumably during the First Crusade, the book fell into Crusader hands and someone, holding the book upside down as if it was a Western book, wrote a short note in Latin identifying its contents: \u2018[interpre]tacio esaya prophete\u2019. During their conquest of the Holy Land, the Crusaders took not only prisoners for ransom but also Jewish books and scrolls. This leaf is presumably from one of the books that passed through Crusader hands but was eventually sold back to the Jewish community.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "1031 CE" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Commentary; colophon; note" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "CUL" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Parchment" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "T-S 12.722" }, { "label": "Donor(s)", "value": "Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Cairo Genizah" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Jacob he-Ḥaver b. Job; Josiah he-Ḥaver b. Aaron \u2018the distinguished\u2019 son of Josiah (Av)" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew; Latin" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "43 lines (recto); 14 lines (verso)" }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Saʿadya Gaʾon" } ], "@type": "sc:Manifest", "attribution": "Provided by Cambridge University Library. Zooming image © Cambridge University Library, All rights reserved. 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 genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk. This metadata is published free of restrictions, under the terms of the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.", "structures": [{ "canvases": [ "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-00012-00722/canvas/1", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-00012-00722/canvas/2" ], "@type": "sc:Range", "@id": "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-00012-00722/range/DOCUMENT", "label": "Commentary; colophon; note" }], "description": "
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