Letter: Bodl. MS heb. b 3/31

Letter Bodl. MS heb. b 3/31

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Bodl. MS heb. b 3/31
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Primary Languages
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter from an unknown writer, in Alexandria, to an unknown recipient, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: written in mahzor 275, which spanned the years 5207–25 (1446–65 CE). The writer greets the addressee as his 'brother', excuses his imposition (al-tahajjum (!) ʿalā faḍlikum) and mourns that the people of Alexandria have lost the science of intercalation, and requests that the addressee send him a calendar, starting with the upcoming Tishrei and extending to the end of mahzor 275. He sends regards to the addressee's wife, to his son Yehuda, and to Elazar Sofer. ASE.

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Collection
Bodleian Library
Historical shelfmarks
Bodl. MS Heb. b 3 (Cat. 2806), f. 31; Bodl. MS Heb. b 3, fol. 31
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In PGP since 2020
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Bodl. MS heb. b 3/31 31 recto

31 recto

Bodl. MS heb. b 3/31 31 verso

31 verso
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