Cairo Genizah : Piyyuṭ; poetry; glossary

Hai Gaʾon, Ezekiel ha-Kohen al-Danūrī b. ʿAlī

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>A commentary on poetry, and piyyuṭim, including one by Hai Gaʾon on the topic of circumcision. F. 1r begins, after a בשמ׳ רחמ׳, ‘A synopsis of some verses of (the poem) את ערובת by Ezekiel ha-Kohen “great of light” (ie blind) al-Danūrī b. ʿAlī, in the hand of Ephraim b. ʿAzarya, known as Ibn Faḍlān (?)’. Later references to al-Danūrī in the text indicate he is dead.</p>