Letter; accounts T-S 13J8.23
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- Letter; accounts T-S 13J8.23
- Creator:
- Abū l-Barakāt (uncle of Solomon b. Elijah’s wife)
- Date:
- 13th century
- Description:
- Recto: letter from the uncle of Solomon b. Elijah’s wife, Abū l-Barakāt in Alexandria, to Solomon and his wife. The uncle takes exception to Solomon calling his wife ‘shameless’ and says that when he heard that Solomon had beat his wife, the family had threatened to intervene. However, afraid of gossip, the family had decided against an intervention. The dispute between Solomon and his wife was to do with a lack of housework on her part. Verso: accounts in Arabic and Hebrew script.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 38 lines (recto); 3 lines + accounts + jottings (verso)
- Language:
- Judeo-Arabic
Arabic - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Alexandria
- Provenance:
- Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Medium:
- Paper
- Extent:
- Leaf: (height: 29.1 cm, width: 11.1 cm)
- 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 13J8.23
- Is part of:
- The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection