Author
CUL
Subject
Cairo Genizah
Type
Document
Language
ara,heb,jrb
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
2
Physical Dimensions
1 leaf. Leaf height: 38.5 cm, width: 16.1 cm.
Library
Cambridge Digital Library
Record ID
MS-TS-00018-J-00004-00020
Library Location
Cambridge University Library — T-S 18J4.20
Date
1197 CE-1197-12-31-1197-01-01
Notes
Recto: part of a letter, from Sivan 1508 (= 1197 CE), from a businessman-scholar in Raqqa (Kalneh) on the Euphrates, replying to the recipient’s letter that had been received earlier in the same month. The writer laments the lack of intellectual life in Raqqa, and is determined to return to Fusṭāṭ once his business in Raqqa has furnished sufficient profit. Halakhic questions had been addressed to Joseph, and then to Samuel and Abraham in Aleppo, and Samuel had come to Raqqa with a commentary on Beraḵot. Various business matters are also discussed, involving ʿEli, and also Abū l-Zuhd in Damascus, as well as the recipient. He sends greetings to various persons in the Fusṭāṭ Jewish community, including Moses ‘the Teacher of Righteousness’ (probably Moses Maimonides), and ‘one who is dear to him’ (perhaps his son), Ḥalfon, ʿEli and his son-in-law, and Mišael, those that are dear to him and his nephew, all those who study under Joseph, and Menaḥem. Note that, in addition to the letter, there are a further 18 lines of unrelated jottings in the margin and across the text of the letter. Verso: various jottings in Arabic.
İlişkili Ad(lar)
Joseph of Aleppo; Samuel of Aleppo; Abraham of Aleppo; ʿEli; Abū l-Zuhd in Damascus; Moses Maimonides; Abraham Maimonides; Ḥalfon; Mišael; Joseph; Menaḥem
Durum
torn, faded
Bağışçı(lar)
Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Fonlama
The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Mizanpaj
77 lines (recto), 34 lines (verso)
Materyal
Paper
Menşei Yeri
Kalneh
Köken (Provenance)
Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Yüzyıl 1
1100s C.E.
Oluşturma Tarihi (Bağlantı Türü)
keyword search
Tarih Aralığı
[1197-01-01 TO 1197-12-31]
Oluşturma Türü
creation
Yıl (Bitiş)
1197
Yıl (Başlangıç)
1197
Görüntü Hakları (Görüntüleme)
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Dil Kodu 1
heb
Dil Kodu 2
ara
Dil Kodu 3
jrb
Dil 1
Hebrew
Dil 2
Arabic
Dil 3
Judeo-Arabic
Metadata Hakları
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