Letter: T-S K6.40

Letter T-S K6.40

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S K6.40
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

P4: Letter from Ismaʿīl to his cousin (ibn ʿamm) al-Shaykh al-Ḥaver David ha-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Mentions Mūsā al-Ashmūnī attending [...] in Sanhūr; the arrival of the letter of 'our master and teacher Mū[sā?]; that Bū l-Majd will convey further information; ʿAlī b. Futūḥ; al-Shaykh al-Wafiyy [...] Bū l-ʿAlāʾ; the elder Avraham; the elder Sibāʿ. In the margin contains the phrase "if only he had 'uncovered his face' (begged for charity) in Damascus." A line of address in Arabic script is found on recto. P2 f.1 followed by P1 f. 1 and P3 f. 2: Birkat ha-Mazon. P3 f. 1, P1 f. 2 and P2 f. 2: qaddish. P5: The cover page and beginning of birkat ha-mazon, copied by Meshullam b. Yefet. (Information in part from CUDL.) AA/ASE.

Related Places

Mentioned
Damascus, Sanhūr

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box K, 6, fol. 40; TS K, 6, f. 40; TS K, 6, fol. 40; TS Box K, 6, f. 40
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S K6.40 4v

4v

T-S K6.40 4r

4r

T-S K6.40 1r

1r

T-S K6.40 1v

1v

T-S K6.40 2r

2r

T-S K6.40 2v

2v

T-S K6.40 3r

3r

T-S K6.40 3v

3v

T-S K6.40 5r

5r

T-S K6.40 5v

5v
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