Letter: T-S 13J14.25

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Letter from Aharon b. Yeshuʿa ibn al-Ammani written from Alexandria to Abu Sa'id al-'Attar (the perfumer) in Fustat. (Information from Frenkel; Goitein adds that the letter was written in Aharon's hand. Aharon asked the perfume seller about seven manuscripts written on parchment in Arabic and Hebrew which were probably to be sold. The list consists of a biblical commentary, a volume by the 10th century Jewish poet Yosef b. Abitur, three volumes containing an Arabic translation of the Greek pharmaceutical handbook of Dioscorus, and two volumes on Jewish law entitled Halakhot Gedolot, by Simon Qayara. Dated ca. 1140; See Med. Soc. 2:258 and 2:580).