Letter: T-S 12.420

Letter T-S 12.420

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S 12.420
Primary Languages
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter from Yaʿaqov Ibn ha-Nagid to a notable named Shelomo. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein's index card identifies the sender as "Yaʿaqov b. David Maimonides" but it is not clear how he knows this. Dating: Probably 14th or 15th century, based on the hand and style. Apart from numerous greetings, the purpose of the letter is to urge the addressee to send a previously discussed sum of money for the sender and his father. Not mentioned in the literature (except perhaps Ashtor, I, p. 232).

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

T-S 12.420 1r

°
1r

T-S 12.420 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S 12.420. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/7218/ (accessed August 25, 2026).