University of Pennsylvania, Halper 318

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DS ID:

DS25975

Shelfmark:

Halper 318

Title:

Panegyric poem in honor of Yeḥiyah ben Avraham

Panegyric

Place:

Orient

Date:

11th century-12th century?

eleventh century (dates CE) AAT

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Judeo-Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

losses along lower edge; widthwise mail format folds; faded; draft(?), scribblings, pen tests on verso

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 folio : losses along lower edge; widthwise mail format folds; faded; draft(?), scribblings, pen tests on verso

Note:

In Wafir meter; under the heading, stating that the poem is dedicated to the honorable יחיה בר אברהם שר בית ישראל ,twenty-seven monorhymed lines starting חכם סופרים ושורש החסידים. This may be the philanthropist mentioned in a document published by Jacob Mann: The Jews in Egypt and in Palestine under the Fatimid caliphs. London : Oxford Univ. Press, v. 2, p. 319. On the verso is another copy of...
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Poetry

Laudatory poetry, Hebrew

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940419983503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p39g5gz39/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania