Cairo Genizah : Bible translation; Bible; piyyuṭ; Jottings; exercises; picture

Solomon Sulaymān

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Recto: Arabic and Hebrew jottings, micrography and geometrical designs. The micrography is arranged into three separate shapes: a wheel, a Magen David, and a geometrical shape. In the wheel, the spokes and the innermost circle are made of Genesis 49:18 and the two outer circles contain the first six lines of a qerova for the additional service on Yom Kippur וארץ אף שמים להפרות ישע פתח by Solomon Sulaymān. The outer circle mentions the name Mūsā ha-Levi. The Magen David is made of separate verses in Psalms 91. The geometrical shape is made of Song of Songs 1:1 and Psalms 1:1–2. One of the Hebrew jottings mentions the name Yedutun ha-Levi. Jottings in Arabic script are repetitions of the phrase ولما انتهى اليه (‘when it finally reached him’) in letters of different size. Verso: a Judaeo-Arabic translation of Jeremiah 2:33-37, with Hebrew incipits. In the bottom left part of the page there is a writing exercise: the Hebrew alphabet in large characters with large interlinear spaces.</p>