Letter; list; poetry; dirge T-S 13J35.7
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- Letter; list; poetry; dirge T-S 13J35.7
- Creator:
- Abraham b. Jethro
- Date:
- 6th-19th century
- Description:
- Recto: begging letter to Mevoraḵ b. Isaac from Abraham b. Jethro from Damascus. Verso: list of names, most of them bankers, including Abū l-Faḍl b. Ṣaḡīr, Abū Naṣr b. Abū Sulaymān and Abū ʿImrān Mūsā, the ḡulām of Ibn ʿAwkal, and a poem in praise of a merchant, followed by a dirge.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 38 lines + marginalia (recto); 36 lines, partly in 2 columns (verso)
- Language:
- Hebrew
Arabic - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Damascus
- 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: 26.7 cm, width: 17.7 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 13J35.7
- Is part of:
- The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection