Calendrical; legal document T-S K2.96
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- Calendrical; legal document T-S K2.96
- Date:
- 1169-1193 CE
- Description:
- Recto: work on calendar reckoning mentioning the maḥzorim, the moladot and the different kinds of Hebrew year; names of the months of the year and the numbers of their days in Ladino are written vertically on the leaf. There are also a few draft lines of some phrases contained in the petition that appears on verso, and a list of figures in the marginalia, as well as an endorsement of the petition that appears on verso. Verso: petition to Saladin from ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Yaḥyā, the Jew, a resident of Malīj, in the province of al-Ḡarbiyya, in the Delta. Ca. 564-589 AH (= 1169-1193 CE). ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Yaḥyā complains about the tax collectors, who forced him to leave his family and job and to work for them, and asks for the production of a rescript that would allow him to go back to his town and family. Arabic on recto: answer to the petition maintaining that since ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Yaḥyā had some experience as a tax collector, he could not avoid this service.Condition: Torn, holes, slightly stainedLayout: 21 lines + marginalia (recto); 46 lines + marginalia (verso)
- Language:
- Judeo-Arabic
Arabic
Ladino
Coptic - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Malīj
- Provenance:
- Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Medium:
- Paper
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Library
- Rights:
- This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk.
This metadata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. - Identifier:
- T-S K2.96
- Is part of:
- The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection