Letter: BL OR 5566B.30

Letter BL OR 5566B.30

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Shelfmark
BL OR 5566B.30
Primary Languages
Arabic
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter from Netanel b. Moshe ha-Levi ha-Shishi to two of his friends (Yosef b. Ḥalfon ha-Kohen and 'my brother Elʿazar), during his confinement to his father's house for the sake of private study. The closing greetings are in Arabic script. "For studying at home I received 25 dinars, on condition that I do not leave the house—even to visit the public bathhouse. Dear brother, you cannot imagine what I suffer by being separated from you and from our friend the Devil (Abū Murra), the Bird of Jinnies (ʿUsfūr al-Jinn)...." See also T-S K25.64. (Information from Goitein's note card and Med Soc V, 428, 628, no. 66.)

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Collection
British Library
Historical shelfmarks
BM Or 5566B, fol. 30; BM; BM Or 5566B, f. 30
Input date
In PGP since 2017
British Library, BL OR 5566B.30. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6272/, accessed November 27, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6272/