Michaelides Fragments : Letter

Michaelides Fragments

<p style='text-align: justify;'><a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(1);return false;'>Recto:</a> The text opens after basmala: جلعك فداك. The addressee is requested to send two dirhams and also ripe, juicy fruit. He is not to send it if it is not ripe. Note the lack of feminine agreement of the adjective at the end of the nominal phrase in فاكهة رطبة حاضر 'juicy, ripe fruit'. The letter closes: جلعك فداك. <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(2);return false;'>Verso:</a> It may be a writing exercise. The first word of the basmala is written twice. The formula reads: ابقاك الله وحفظك واتم نعمته لديك وزاد فى احسانه اليك.</p>