Practical Materia Medica of the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean according to the Cairo Genizah. |
The manuscripts from the Cairo genizah are now preserved in many of the great libraries of the world. |
In 1896 Solomon Schechter investigated a genizah in the old Ezra synagogue in Cairo. |
Documents in the Genizah also bring to life periods of persecution. |
The Genizah includes prenuptial agreements and marriage deeds from the eleventh century listing the full inventory of a woman's trousseau. |