Genizah MS T-S AS 149.12
Publication Date
2011-02-24Publisher
Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit
Language
jrb
Type
Manuscript
Physical Medium
Paper
Metadata
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Verso and two Arabic lines on recto are inverted in relation to the rest of recto.
Format
torn, holes, rubbed, faded, stained
Abstract
Detailed business letter of Isaac Simḥa al-Naysābūrī (probably Alexandria), apparently to ʿUllā ha-Levi b. Joseph in Fusṭāṭ (according to Gil ca. 1080 CE). Names mentioned include Abū al-Riḍā b. Kalām, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām b. Ṭuwayd Nuqla, Abū Naṣr b. Šaʿyā, Ṯābit al-Ḥazzan, Abū Sahl Muḵtār, Abū Saʿīd Maḵlūf. Also mentioned are Spain, al-Mahdiyya and commodities such as silk.
Keywords
Letter
Sponsorship
Sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK
Rights
Copyright University of Cambridge