Literary text: T-S 10G5.7

Literary text T-S 10G5.7

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T-S 10G5.7

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Historical shelfmarks
TS 10 G 5, fol. 7; TS Box 10 G 5, fol. 7; TS Box 10 G 5, f. 7; TS 10 G 5, f. 7
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In PGP since 2018

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Fihrist copy of Saadya Gaon’s works sent to Fustat by the gaon’s sons Sheʾerit and Dosa in 953. The copy is dated 2 October 1113. In the fihrist the exact date of Saadya’s death is given as Sunday, 26th Iyyar, 1253 of the Seleucid Era, corresponding to 15th May 942 CE. Another copy of the same fihrist is found in T-S NS 298.27. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, p. 30 and Allony, Frenkel, The Jewish Library in the Middle Ages, p. 312.)

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