Letter: T-S 13J25.21

Letter T-S 13J25.21

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S 13J25.21
Primary Language
Hebrew

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Description

Part of a letter, c. mid-14th century, written by the scribe ʿAzarya ha-Nasi b. Yehalelel the Exilarch b. ʿAzarya the Exilarch b. David ‘the Great Nasi’ the Exilarch, in Baghdad, establishing the Davidic ancestry of the Nasi Sar Shalom b. Pinḥas the Exilarch, as verified by the Jewish community in Baghdad. Divided into two columns, separated with margins of red ink, with the right hand column containing a poem in honour of Sar Shalom. (Information from CUDL.) See Mann, Jews, II, 207–08. See also T-S 13J10.11.

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Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS 13 J 25, fol. 21; TS Box 13 J 25, fol. 21; TS Box 13 J 25, f. 21; TS 13 J 25, f. 21
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

T-S 13J25.21 1r

°
1r

T-S 13J25.21 1v

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1v
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