Cairo Genizah : Responsa; poetry

Responsa; poetry (T-S Misc. 8.90)

A legal query about a trading dispute sent to Moses Maimonides with his autograph responsum (Blau 1960: no. 283) written underneath (signed וכתב משה). On the other side, there is a draft of a poem, by the same scribe who wrote T-S Misc. 25.24.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S Misc. 8.90
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Moses Maimonides
Date of Creation: 12th century
Language(s): Hebrew; Judaeo-Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 25.3 cm, width: 16.4 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: Torn, holes, faded
Layout: 21 lines + marginalia (recto); 25 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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Information about this document

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S Misc. 8.90
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Moses Maimonides
Date of Creation: 12th century
Language(s): Hebrew; Judaeo-Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 25.3 cm, width: 16.4 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: Torn, holes, faded
Layout: 21 lines + marginalia (recto); 25 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