Letter: T-S AS 146.147

Letter T-S AS 146.147

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Shelfmark
T-S AS 146.147
Primary Language
Hebrew

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Description

Letter of appeal for financial assistance by the elders of the community of Corfu (קורפו). In Hebrew. The date does not appear to be preserved, but probably ca. 16th or 17th century. The community previously sent messengers to Patras, but the community there was also impoverished and unable to help. There are seven signatures, including Gershon b. Yosef; Yosef b. Yoḥanan; Binyamin b. Shemarya the Salonican (שלוניקאו); Shemarya b. ʿEzra; Avraham b. Yosef; Matitya b. Yiṣḥaq; and stylized one that is more difficult to read (at lower left): Sh___ b./Ben- G____( ___ש___ בן ג). Merits further examination. AA/ASE

Related Places

Mentioned
Patras
Origin
Corfu

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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Translation

T-S AS 146.147 1r

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1r

T-S AS 146.147 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 146.147. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/21487/ (accessed October 14, 2026).