Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 256: Azharah Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library These images and the content of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 256: Azharah 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/. Strophe endings (every second verse, rhymed ים-) denoted by a colon; catchword at end (bottom left verso?) of each fol; No. 255 recto contains the last 16 verses of Ibn Gabirol's Azharah שמור לבי (Davidson, Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry. New York : JTS, 1924, 1482ש) on the positive commandments, parallel to, in the published edition D. Yarden: Shire ha-ḳodesh le-Rabi Shemuʹel Ibn Gabirol / Dov Yarden [ed.]. Jerusalem, 1971-1973, p. 412-413, ll. 167-182; 255 verso: under the heading מצות לא תעשה, the beginning of Ibn Gabirol's Azharah בצל שדי אחסה (TMHP 1278ב) on the negative commandments, ibid, pp. 414-415, ll. 1-17. No. 256 contains ibid pp. 418-424 ll. 55-130. Condition: non-consecutive, complete; lacuna between Halper 255 and 256. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Halper 256 https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940419353503681 Hebrew Azharah Ibn Gabirol, active 11th century ابن جبيرول، سليمان אבן גבירול, שלמה בן יהודה, 1021-1058 Ибн Габирол, Шломо Бен Иехуда, ок. 1021-ок. 1070 Salomon ben Yehudah ibn Gabirol 1021?-1070? ʾibn Gevirol, Šelomoh (Solomon), ca.1022-1058 Ibn-Gabirol, Shelomoh Ben-Yehudah 1021-1058 ʾIbn Gabiyrwl, Šelomoh, 1021-1070 Avicebró Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah, ca 1021-ca 1058 Ibn Gabirol, Selomoh b. Yehudah Ibn Gabirol, Salomon ben Jehuda (ca 1021-ca 1058). سليمان بن جبيرول Ibn Gabirol, 1021-1058 Ibn Gabirol, Šlomo ben Jehuda, asi 1021-asi 1057 Ibn Gabirol, Shelomo ben Yehuda (ca 1021-ca 1058) Габироль, С. ок.1021-1058 Соломон Ibn Gabirol, Selomó, 1021?-1058? ʼIbn Gabirol, Šelomo ben Yehuda Ibn Gabirol, Šelomo ben Jehuda, u.1021-1058(1070) Ibn Gabirol, Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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 22 X 15.5 cm Columns: 2; lines: 19; ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character; exceeding words cramped into left margin, or copied upwards. Hebrew Oriental square Material applied: black ink

12th century-14th century?

Orient Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library). Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library). Lederer. Amram. Azharot