Cairo Genizah : Letter; accounts

Letter; accounts (T-S 13J8.23)

Recto: letter from the uncle of Solomon b. Elijah’s wife, Abū l-Barakāt in Alexandria, to Solomon and his wife. The uncle takes exception to Solomon calling his wife ‘shameless’ and says that when he heard that Solomon had beat his wife, the family had threatened to intervene. However, afraid of gossip, the family had decided against an intervention. The dispute between Solomon and his wife was to do with a lack of housework on her part. Verso: accounts in Arabic and Hebrew script.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 13J8.23
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Author(s): Abū l-Barakāt (uncle of Solomon b. Elijah’s wife)
Origin Place: Alexandria
Date of Creation: 13th century
Recipient(s): Solomon b. Elijah
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 29.1 cm, width: 11.1 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: torn, holes, rubbed
Layout: 38 lines (recto); 3 lines + accounts + jottings (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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Information about this document

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 13J8.23
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Author(s): Abū l-Barakāt (uncle of Solomon b. Elijah’s wife)
Origin Place: Alexandria
Date of Creation: 13th century
Recipient(s): Solomon b. Elijah
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 29.1 cm, width: 11.1 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: torn, holes, rubbed
Layout: 38 lines (recto); 3 lines + accounts + jottings (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