Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 208: Part of a prayer-book for Purim with directions in Judeo-Arabic Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library These images and the content of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 208: Part of a prayer-book for Purim with directions in Judeo-Arabic are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Verse endings denoted by a sof pasuḳ; From the readings performed in the Purim morning service. The recto (11 lines), includes the end of the scroll of Esther (IX 32-X 3). There is a graphic text break (11 spaces) at the beginning of chapter X. There are three Massoretic notes: the ḳeri in X 1, the unicum at the end of X 2, and at the end of the text, the sum of the verses (167, as in most versions); verso contains the beginning of the Torah reading for Purim Morning, Exodus XVII 8-11, under the Judeo-Arabic heading: תשייע אלמגלה. Condition: complete. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Halper 208 https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940418893503681 Hebrew; Judeo-Arabic Part of a prayer-book for Purim with directions in Judeo-Arabic

Paper

 13.8 X 9.5 cm Columns: 1; lines: 13; ruling method: left rule is justified by graphic fillers or by a single anticipated character. Hebrew Oriental square vocalization and cantillation (Tiberian) Material applied:

12th century-14th century?

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