Dating Formulae in Hebrew Manuscripts from the Abraham Firkowicz Collections in the National Library of Russia
Dating Formulae in Hebrew Manuscripts from the Abraham Firkowicz Collections in the National Library of Russia
Author(s): Piotr MuchowskiSubject(s): History
Published by: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny
Keywords: Hebrew dates; Karaite Hebrew documents; manuscripts of Abraham Firkowicz
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the formulae used for recording dates in Karaite manuscripts from the Abraham Firkowicz collections Evr I Doc I, Evr I Doc II, Evr II a, and F 946, Op. 1 (Private Archive) in the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. It describes patterns for the recording of dates in Hebrew documents from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century from Eastern Europe. The dating formulae quoted in the article come mostly from unpublished manuscripts
Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Żydów
- Issue Year: 276/2020
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 901-913
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
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