Cairo Genizah : Legal document

Legal document (T-S NS J185(j))

Bottom right hand corner of a legal document, issued by Nissim in favour of Abū l-Faraj Yešuʿa. In the hand of the court scribe Ḥalfon b. Manasseh (active 1100-1138 CE), under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S NS J185(j)
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Ḥalfon b. Manasseh; Ḥalfon b. Manasseh
Origin Place: Fusṭāṭ
Date of Creation: 1100-1138 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Abū l-Faraj Yešuʿa; Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen b. Solomon ha-Kohen; Nissim; Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 19.7 cm, width: 10.7 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: Torn, holes, stained, rubbed, faded
Layout: 13 lines (recto; verso is blank)
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 NS J185(j)
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Ḥalfon b. Manasseh; Ḥalfon b. Manasseh
Origin Place: Fusṭāṭ
Date of Creation: 1100-1138 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Abū l-Faraj Yešuʿa; Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen b. Solomon ha-Kohen; Nissim; Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 19.7 cm, width: 10.7 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: Torn, holes, stained, rubbed, faded
Layout: 13 lines (recto; verso is blank)
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