Letter: T-S AS 208.194

Letter T-S AS 208.194

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Shelfmark
T-S AS 208.194
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter drafts or writing exercises in an elegant Judaeo-Arabic scribal hand. Dating: 17th-century or later based on the paleography. Some of these formulaic letters may be autographed by the student, who signs the name David Gedalya repeatedly. Many of the letter exercises are addressed to "our dear father Se[nyor] Eliyahu Gedalya." MCD.

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2024
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Translation

T-S AS 208.194 1r

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1r

T-S AS 208.194 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 208.194. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/39749/ (accessed October 13, 2026).