Cairo Genizah manuscripts

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cairo_Genizah_manuscripts

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:access	open to researchers some materials digitized online
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Jewish_community_of_Fustat
gptkbp:cityFound	gptkb:Cairo
gptkbp:contentType	gptkb:philosophy gptkb:poetry gptkb:religion legal documents letters scientific works community records
gptkbp:currentLocation	gptkb:British_Library gptkb:National_Library_of_Israel gptkb:Cambridge_University_Library gptkb:Jewish_Theological_Seminary_of_America
gptkbp:digitizedBy	gptkb:Cambridge_Digital_Library gptkb:Genizah_Research_Unit
gptkbp:discoveredBy	gptkb:Solomon_Schechter
gptkbp:discoveredIn	1896
gptkbp:foundIn	gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:fragmentNumber	over 300,000
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Cairo Genizah manuscripts
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Ben_Ezra_Synagogue
gptkbp:material	gptkb:newspaper parchment
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Letter_of_Maimonides gptkb:Fragments_of_the_Talmud Medieval business records
gptkbp:preservedIn	stored in synagogue genizah
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Maimonides gptkb:Ben_Ezra_Synagogue gptkb:Solomon_Schechter gptkb:Islamic_Egypt Jewish history medieval Mediterranean trade
gptkbp:significance	source for Mediterranean social history major source for medieval Jewish history source for history of Arabic language source for history of Hebrew language
gptkbp:startDate	9th century to 19th century
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Genizah_of_Ben_Ezra_Synagogue
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6