Cairo Geniza Fragments

(CAIRO GENIZA)

Oriental

11th Century

Includes: I: A treatise in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic (possibly belonging to the "lost" Heichalot literature). pp.(5). II: Judeo-Arabic homilies on chapters of Psalms 20 and 146-150. pp.(14). III: Fragment of a Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic treatise (possibly belonging to the "heichalot" literature). pp.(6) Oriental Cursive script. Previous owner's signature on p. 5 "Elazar Hacohen b. Shlomo Hacohen b. Yehosef Ha’tzadik Gaon Shlomo Gaon,” (owner of many manuscripts found in numerous libraries). See MS Gaster, 1759 and Bodlein f.562 and especially Ohel David p.102 where the geneology extends to Mar Kahana Raba b. Menachem Rosh Hayeshiva Shelagolah...

Provenance: From the Geniza of the ancient Ben Ezra synagogue at Fustat, south of Cairo. Sotheby Parke Bernet, Important Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts, from the collection formed by The Late David Solomon Sassoon, New York, 12th May, 1981, Lot 29