Cairo Genizah : Letter; document

Recto: letter in Judaeo-Arabic with some missing lines. Verso: an order from Solomon (b. Elijah the judge) for groceries.

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: Mosseri II.155.2
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Solomon b. Elijah the judge
Date of Creation: 13th century
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Former Owner(s): Mosseri, Jack, 1884-1934
Note(s): The text on verso is written transversely in relation to that of recto.
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 9.7 cm, width: 7.8 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: torn, holes, rubbed
Layout: 11 lines (recto); 5 lines (verso)
Provenance: Collected 1909–1912 from Fustat, Egypt, by Jacques (Jack) Mosseri and given by the Mosseri family to Cambridge University Library on long-term loan in 2006
Funding: Conservation, cataloguing and digitisation of the Jacques Mosseri Genizah Collection has benefitted from the support of the Mosseri family, the Endangered Archives Programme, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Isaac Newton Trust, the Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust and the Friedberg Genizah Project .
Author(s) of the Record: CUL

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: Mosseri II.155.2
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Solomon b. Elijah the judge
Date of Creation: 13th century
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Former Owner(s): Mosseri, Jack, 1884-1934
Note(s): The text on verso is written transversely in relation to that of recto.
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 9.7 cm, width: 7.8 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: torn, holes, rubbed
Layout: 11 lines (recto); 5 lines (verso)
Provenance: Collected 1909–1912 from Fustat, Egypt, by Jacques (Jack) Mosseri and given by the Mosseri family to Cambridge University Library on long-term loan in 2006
Funding: Conservation, cataloguing and digitisation of the Jacques Mosseri Genizah Collection has benefitted from the support of the Mosseri family, the Endangered Archives Programme, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Isaac Newton Trust, the Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust and the Friedberg Genizah Project .
Author(s) of the Record: CUL