Colophon; Babylonian Talmud T-S K6.197

Title:

Colophon; Babylonian Talmud T-S K6.197

Date:

1136-1145 CE

Description:

Babylonian Talmud, ʿEruvin 2a-b (f. 2) and 11a–12a (f. 1). F. 2v contains three notes of purchase. The book was initially purchased by Menaḥem b. Samuel. The second note records that the book was bought by the Palestinian Gaʾon Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen in Kislev of the year 1448 of the Seleucid Era (= 1136 CE). This note is in the hand of Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Manasseh and is signed by Nathan ha-Kohen b. Solomon ha-Kohen and Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Manasseh. The signature of Nathan b. Solomon is surrounded by small letters indicating the date of the sale. A third note, written in a third hand, records that the book was bought by Menaḥem b. Beraḵot from the estate of the gaʾon in 1457 of the Seleucid Era (= 1145 CE).Condition: Torn, holes, rubbed, badly stainedLayout: 14–36 lines + marginalia

Language:

Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Fusṭāṭ

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:

2 separate leaves. Leaf: (height: 30.2 cm, width: 23.5 cm)

Publisher:

Cambridge University Library

Rights:

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Identifier:

T-S K6.197

Is part of:

The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

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