University of Pennsylvania, Halper 328
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25855
- Shelfmark:
- Halper 328
- Title:
- Megilat ha-Śaṭan ha-yaduʹa
- Judah, ha-Levi, active 12th century
- Place:
- Orient
- Date:
- 16th century?
- Language:
- Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
- Material:
- loss at upper internal corner; folio 1 is blank
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 2 fols. : loss at upper internal corner; folio 1 is blank
- Note:
- The three lines of the title are in large, hollow letters filled in different colors; each verse starts a new line; verse endings denoted by inverted triangular dots.
The first folio of a historical document of the "Megillah" type, in which a miraculous recent event is retold in the style of Esther. Often the "Megillah" is read on the date commemorating the event, stylized as a local "Purim". This one provides a Judeo-Arabic translation after each verse.
Entitled מגלת השטן הידוע שמרד \ במלך סולימאן, this "Megillah" retells the events of the rebellion of Ahmad Pasha (here: Basha) against Suleiman I of Turkey in 1524, and its effects on the Jews of Cairo.
A complete copy of this "Megillah", in which the Arabic translation appears in a parallel column, is found in London, British Library Or. 7768 (Margoliouth no. 1170).
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940420073503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p34q7r819/manifest
- Holding Institution:
