CUL, T-S 12.379
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T-S 12.379
CUL (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Letter from Nahray b. Nissim that mentions the trading of books.
- Book materials
- Distribution of quires
- Book formats
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Content Description
Letter
Judeo-Arabic
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6. מרדוך ג ויא קיר' וחבה ולה ת̇מן ורק דינ' ונצ'
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4. אבן אלשויך̇ אלסופר לי ענדה יד כראסה קבצ̇ת מנה ד כראריס
5. בקי לי ענדה י אד̇א תממהא תדפע לה ד דרא' בקית חקה ותאכ̇ד̇הא
6. מנה נסים אלמעלם לי ענדה יא כראסה מנהא ה כראריס אכבר
7. תקטיע מן סתה תג̇על ר ישועה יהתם באלג̇מיע אלי אן ינג̇ז ותזן לה ענהם מא תראה וכתאב טומאה וטהרה לא תנסאה
8. אבן אלקאש ליצחק בן אלמג̇אני ענדה
9. כראסתין כראריס ופיה כתאב אלציצית תאכ̇ד̇הם מנה
10. ותסאלה יאכ̇ד̇ לה מן ענד אבו אלברכאת כראסה בכ̇ט
11. אבן הושענא ואוראק מעהא תתפצל ותהתם בהם
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6. And in what concerns Mardukh (b. Mūsā) 3 [dinār for] 11 qirāṭ of waḥba and he is owed the value of a dinār and a half for paper.
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1. Ibn al-Shuwaykh, the Sofer, he has for me (i.e. had been commissioned by me) 14 quires, of which I [already] took 4.
2. There remain 4 with him. When he will have completed them, pay him 4 dirhām of what remained what he is due and take them [i.e. the quires]
3. from him. Nissim, the teacher, he has for me (i.e. had been commissioned by me) 11 quires, of which 5 quires are in the kabīr format
4. and six [in a different] trimming. Put R. Yeshūʿā to deal with this entire matter until its completion, requite him as you see fit. The Book of Impurities and Purities do not forget.
8. Ibn al-Qāsh, for Isaac al-Majānī (i.e. he had commissioned)
9. two quires quires, containing the Book of Tzitzit, take them from him
10. and deliver it to him (i.e. Isaac al-Majānī) and he (i.e. Ibn al-Qāsh) shall take from Abu al-Barakāt a booklet in the hand of
11. ibn Hoshana and the paper sheets that it contains distribute them. Take good care of that.
Alexandria
Egypt
Physical Description
120 - 122 mm
180 - 182 mm
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Borders of the documents are frayed
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Paper
Yellow-Brown
No pricking
No ruling
- Text on recto and verso
- Text on the verso upside down in respect of the recto
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No graphic marks of text navigation
Hebrew
Oriental
Cursive
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No vowels or accents
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Unbound
Bibliography
- Gil, Moshe, 1997, In the Kingdom of Ishmael (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, vol. 2, #276, pp. 821-824.
- Reichman, Noa, 2011, Codicology and Genizah. The Practical Aspects of Book Culture in the Cairo Genizot (in Hebrew), Jerusalem: Hebrew University, vol. 1, p. 27; 48-49; 62.
- Link to the shelfmark entry in the Princeton Genizah Project database: T-S 12.379
