Letter: T-S 13J28.13

Letter T-S 13J28.13

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Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE) regarding a collection (jibaya), ordering that the addressee's 'wife' (bayt) and the wife of the beadle Sulayman collect from the women. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

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T-S 13J28.13 1r

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1r
S. D. Goitein's unpublished edition (1950–85).
  1. אל[ג]באיה ויגתהד פיהא ויחלצהא
  2. ענדה וערפנאה איצא באן
  3. ביתה ובית אלשמש אלש(יך) סלימאן
  4. הם אלדי יגבו מן אלנשים ויגתהדו
  5. פי אלגבאיה [ול]א תכלונא מן
  6. כואטרכם אלכרימה ודעא[כ]ם
  7. אלמקבול פי הדה אלאוקאת
  8. אלשריפה אלחק תע לא ינסאכם
  9. מן רחמתה ולא ירדכם כאיבין

Right margin, diagonal lines written upside down.

וחג[ . ] | אל[חב]ר יוסף | בר שמואל זל | העומד בפרץ פוקף |

ללאמיר אל[א]גל אל | אמיר [סיף] אלדין | קשטמר אל[ . ] . רא . . | אלצחבה

אידה אללה | לנצר . . . . . . . דיארה | . . . . . . ] וירזקה | [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] | לכם [ . . . . . . . . . . . ] | . . ה עולה [ . . . . . . . . ] | צאפי וניה פאל [ . . ] | אלדי פעלה | יפעלוה |

Mark Cohen, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2005).
  1. [. . .] the collection, and exert yourself in this so you receive
  2. it. We notified you also that your
  3. house” (wife) and the “house” (wife) of the beadle the e(lder) Sulaymān
  4. are the ones who shall collect from the women and exert themselves
  5. in collecting. [Do] not e[x]clude us from
  6. your noble thoughts and [yo]ur prayers
  7. which will be accepted (by God) in this esteemed holiday period.
  8. God the ex(alted) in his mercy will not forget you
  9. nor will He turn [y]ou back disappointed [. . .]

right margin, in another hand

[. . .] the h(aver) R. Yosef b. Shemuʾel (of) b(lessed) m(emory), who stands in the breach presented himself before the most illustrious Amīr, th[e] Amīr [Sayf] al-Dīn [. . .] they redeemed the items held in partnership [. . .] Go[d . . .] victory and may He make your habitations prosper [. . .] and sustain you [. . .] and pure intention [. . .] which he did, shall do.

T-S 13J28.13 1v

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1v

Verso.

  1. עבד . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [
  3. . . . . . . . . . . . [

verso

Abraham b. [. . .].

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