Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Taylor-Schechter_Genizah_Collection
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1896
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Judeo-Arabic_manuscripts
Hebrew manuscripts
Arabic manuscripts
Jewish manuscripts
Aramaic manuscripts
gptkbp:digitizedBy gptkb:Genizah_Research_Unit,_Cambridge
gptkbp:fragmentNumber over 190,000
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Cambridge_University_Library
gptkbp:material gptkb:Cairo_Genizah
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Charles_Taylor
gptkb:Solomon_Schechter
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Ben_Ezra_Synagogue,_Fustat,_Cairo
gptkbp:repository gptkb:Cambridge_University_Library
gptkbp:significance contains documents from 9th to 19th centuries
important for study of Middle Eastern history
major source for medieval Jewish history
gptkbp:website https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/taylor-schechter-genizah-research-unit
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cambridge_University_Library
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5