Letter T-S 24.38
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- Letter T-S 24.38
- Date:
- 6th-19th Century CE
- Description:
- A letter from Minyat Zifta (Egypt) addressed to Abraham II Maimonides. A physician in a small town who undertook the teaching of schoolchildren in addition to his medical work, became so enthusiastic about the additional income that he did not let the children go back to their former teacher, when he returned from being away in Cairo, where he had had to pay his poll tax. On verso a draft of another letter in a different handLayout: 54 lines (recto); 36 lines + marginalia (verso)
- Language:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Minyat Zifta
- 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: 56.5 cm, width: 13.5 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 24.38
- Is part of:
- The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection