Letter: BL OR 5566B.34

Letter BL OR 5566B.34

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Shelfmark
BL OR 5566B.34
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter from a certain Yehuda to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. Highly calligraphic. The letter concerns people who were captured in Palermo and also some issues of inheritance. Mentions "the Byzantines—a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand" (a reference to Deut. 28:49). (Information from Goitein’s index card.) Almost completely unmentioned in the literature (at least according to the FGP bibliography); should be edited.

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Collection
British Library
Historical shelfmarks
BM; BM Or 5566B, fol. 34; BM Or 5566B, f. 34
Input date
In PGP since 2017
British Library, BL OR 5566B.34. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6274/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6274/