Cairo Genizah : Calendrical

Calendrical (T-S NS 98.82)

Calendar for 4978–4979 of the Era of Creation (= 1217-1218 to 1218-1219 CE). The calendar mentions moladot of all months, days of the week of beginnings of months, dates and days of the week of all feasts and fasts, the time of tequfot, and how the Biblical lections are to be read. The calendar also gives correspondences with Muslim months. The calendar is in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi, a famous cantor of the Palestinian community of Fusṭāṭ in the 13th century.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S NS 98.82
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Yedutun ha-Levi
Language(s): Hebrew; Judaeo-Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Note(s): Conserved the wrong way round.
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 15.8 cm, width: 10.7 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: torn, holes, rubbed
Layout: 21 lines (recto); 20 lines (verso)
Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Funding: 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.
Author(s) of the Record: CUL

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Information about this document

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S NS 98.82
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Yedutun ha-Levi
Language(s): Hebrew; Judaeo-Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Note(s): Conserved the wrong way round.
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 15.8 cm, width: 10.7 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: torn, holes, rubbed
Layout: 21 lines (recto); 20 lines (verso)
Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Funding: 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.
Author(s) of the Record: CUL