Metadata: Luaḥ le-shanim 5602-5624
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- British Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- British Library
- Postal address:
- 96 Euston RoadLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomNW1 2DB
- Web address:
- http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/manuscr/index.html
- Email:
- Email: mss@bl.uk
- Reference number:
- Or 14017
- Title:
- Luaḥ le-shanim 5602-5624
- Title (official language):
- Luaḥ le-shanim 5602-5624
- Creator/accumulator:
- Iraki, Eleazar ben Aaron ha-Kohen
- Date(s):
- 1841/1864
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Extent:
- 84 folios
- Scope and content:
- Calendar for the years 5602-5624.Fols 1r-84vAuthor: (עראקי, אלעזר בן אהרן הכהן) Iraki, Eleazar ben Aaron ha-Kohenלוח לשנים תר"ב-תרכ"דLuaḥ le-shanim 5602-5624.Note: For the years Tishrei 5602/16 September 1841 to 28 Iyar 5624/3 June 1864. The compiler of the manuscript was a well-known printer of Hebrew books in Calcutta.(see Sotheby's catalogue). Contains references to communal and family affairs, and mentions the arrival of famous Jewish scholars in Calcutta to collect money for the Jews in Palestine. Also contains a register of births and deaths in the Jewish community of Calcutta (ff. 73v-74v). Hebrew and Eastern Arabic numerals.
- Archival history:
- David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942): collector of Jewish manuscripts.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Iraki, Eleazar ben Aaron ha-Kohen
- Subject terms:
- Jewish community records
- Vital records
- Access, restrictions:
- You need to be a registered Reader in order to request items to a Reading Room.
- Finding aids:
-
Online catalogue.
A digital version is also available.
There is a Guide to Hebrew Collections on the British Library's website.
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25