Cairo Genizah : Letter

Letter from Mūsā b. Jacob in Damascus to Abū l-ʿAlā Joseph b. Daʾūd b. Šaʿyā in Fusṭāṭ (c. December 1057 CE).

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 13J17.6
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Author(s): Mūsā b. Jacob
Scribe(s): Mūsā b. Jacob
Origin Place: Damascus
Date of Creation: 1057 CE
Recipient(s): Abū l-ʿAlā Joseph b. David b. Šaʿyā
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 27 cm, width: 18.7 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: rubbed
Layout: 19 lines + marginalia (recto); 3 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 13J17.6
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Author(s): Mūsā b. Jacob
Scribe(s): Mūsā b. Jacob
Origin Place: Damascus
Date of Creation: 1057 CE
Recipient(s): Abū l-ʿAlā Joseph b. David b. Šaʿyā
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 27 cm, width: 18.7 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: rubbed
Layout: 19 lines + marginalia (recto); 3 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