Paraliterary text: BL OR 5561A.6–6a

Paraliterary text BL OR 5561A.6–6a

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Shelfmark
BL OR 5561A.6–6a
Primary Language
Hebrew

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Historical shelfmarks
BM Or 5561A, f. 6–6a; BM Or 5561A, fol. 6–6a
Input date
In PGP since 2020

Description

A magnificent illuminated certificate/amulet for a circumcision. Assuming we're meant to add up all the red numbers at the bottom to find the year, it is from 1847/8 CE ([5]608, but could also be 5 years earlier if one of the red "ה"s signifies 5000 rather than the black one). ASE.

https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/19228/