Colophon; calendrical T-S K6.63
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- Colophon; calendrical T-S K6.63
- Creator:
- Abū Yaʿqūb Joseph b. Abraham al-Baṣīr
- Date:
- 6th-19th century
- Description:
- Title page and beginning of an introduction of a polemical treatise on the Karaite calendar by Abū Yaʿqūb Joseph b. Abraham al-Baṣīr, entitled Al-Kitāb ʿalā Aṣḥāb al-Iʿtidāl (“Book against the People of the Equinox”). According to the introduction, Joseph b. Abraham al-Baṣīr was moved to dictate this book when he saw that people incorrectly established the date of Passover because they relied on the equinox instead of the state of the barley crop.Condition: Torn, rubbed, slightly stainedLayout: 11 lines (recto); 4 lines (verso)
- Language:
- Judeo-Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Provenance:
- Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Medium:
- Vellum
- Extent:
- 1 leaf. Leaf: (height: 13.1 cm, width: 11.8 cm)
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Library
- Rights:
- 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 licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. - Identifier:
- T-S K6.63
- Is part of:
- The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection