Letter (T-S 8J16.27)
Letter to Ṭoviyya he-Ḥaver ha-Kohen b. ʿEli from Nathan ha-Kohen b. Solomon, mentioning the eye disease of the Ṭoviyya’s brother Ḥayya. Ḥayya’s letter was brought by Joseph al-Siqillī (the Sicilian). Nathan mentions prescriptions from oculists that the writer sent him with Abū al-Maʿālī Ibn al-Minqār. The writer had also received the addressee’s letter to Meʾir he-Ḥaver, who went to Damietta together with Faḍā’il Ibn al-Ṣarīr while Ibn Muwwās Joseph arranged his return to Palestine. Also mentions the name Abū l-Ḥasan.
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- Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
- Classmark: T-S 8J16.27
- Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
- Author(s): Nathan ha-Kohen b. Solomon
- Date of Creation: 12th century
- Recipient(s): Ṭoviyya he-Ḥaver ha-Kohen b. ʿEli
- Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew
- Associated Name(s): Ḥayya ha-Kohen b. ʿEli; Joseph al-Siqillī; Abū al-Maʿālī Ibn al-Minqār; Meʾir he-Ḥaver; Faḍā’il Ibn al-Ṣarīr; Ibn Muwwās Joseph; Abū l-Ḥasan
- Note(s): Verso is inverted in relation to recto.
- Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 17 cm, width: 13.8 cm.
- Material: Paper
- Condition: holes, slightly rubbed
- Layout: 14 lines + marginalia (recto); 7 lines (verso)
- Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
- Author(s) of the Record: CUL
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- Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
- Classmark: T-S 8J16.27
- Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
- Author(s): Nathan ha-Kohen b. Solomon
- Date of Creation: 12th century
- Recipient(s): Ṭoviyya he-Ḥaver ha-Kohen b. ʿEli
- Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew
- Associated Name(s): Ḥayya ha-Kohen b. ʿEli; Joseph al-Siqillī; Abū al-Maʿālī Ibn al-Minqār; Meʾir he-Ḥaver; Faḍā’il Ibn al-Ṣarīr; Ibn Muwwās Joseph; Abū l-Ḥasan
- Note(s): Verso is inverted in relation to recto.
- Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 17 cm, width: 13.8 cm.
- Material: Paper
- Condition: holes, slightly rubbed
- Layout: 14 lines + marginalia (recto); 7 lines (verso)
- Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
- Author(s) of the Record: CUL
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