Cairo Genizah : Masṭara

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Various pieces of paper stuck together to form a masṭara (ruling board - note the holes where string would have been inserted). Small pieces of different texts in a variety of hands and inks are preserved, and include the opening of a responsum (מא תקול הדרת) addressing someone with a Nagid’s titles. The question is continued in different directions on the page, and concerns the effect that a change of coinage should have on a loan. The end of an answer is preserved, closing with וכתב אברהם, i.e., Abraham Maimonides (though it is probably not his handwriting). There are a few words of a different text preserved in Abraham Maimonides’ handwriting too. </p>