Letter: T-S 13J29.5

Letter T-S 13J29.5

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S 13J29.5
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentioning people including Abū Zikrī, Peraḥya, the wife of Menashshe b. David, and Ibn Yehuda. Mentions Byzantium (bilād al-Rūm) and that 'the road to the West has opened.' "Do not be afraid of the sea, for if someone comes to redeem captives and to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem, God will aid him." (Information mainly from CUDL and Goitein's attached notes and transcription.)

Related Places

Mentioned
Byzantium (region), Jerusalem

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box 13 J 29, fol. 5; TS 13 J 29, fol. 5; TS Box 13 J 29, f. 5; TS 13 J 29, f. 5
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S 13J29.5 1r

°
1r

T-S 13J29.5 1v

°
1v
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