Letter: Bodl. MS heb. c 72/32

Letter Bodl. MS heb. c 72/32

Metadata

Shelfmark
Bodl. MS heb. c 72/32
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment: vertical strip containing the right side of recto. Probably addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Dealing with various business matters. Currency: ashrafī. There may be a reference to colic (qawlanj) and a cure, but the context is missing. Mentions "the inferior kohl in Cairo" (v8).

Related Places

Mentioned
Cairo

Additional metadata

Collection
Bodleian Library
Historical shelfmarks
Bodl. MS Heb. c 72, fol. 32; Bodl. MS Heb. c 72, f. 32; bodl
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Bodleian Library, Bodl. MS heb. c 72/32. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/34186/ (accessed June 5, 2026).