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Tag: mosul cantor
3 records found
Letter from a cantor of Mosul. T-S 12.257r is continued in T-S K25.209 and ends in T-S 12.257v. The letter is written in childish script, often omitting letters. The sender cites his eye illness to excuse his bad script. He travelled with a Nasi to Egypt. In Alexandria, he bought something nice for 15 dinars for his wife. Then he had some very dramatic adventures on the way to Cairo including a brush with the army and a companion detained by the (Ayyubid?) military and accused of being a Frankish spy. (Information in part from Goitein's note card and transcription.) In the handwriting of the same scribe: T-S 13J14.22 and T-S 6J5.1. The join with T-S AS 145.278 was identified by Alan Elbaum.
Letter in Hebrew to all congregations, mentioning David, “Head of the Captivity.” Directions on verso in Arabic script, mostly lost. (Information from Goitein's index cards.) Also in his handwriting (or part of the same letter?): T-S 12.257 + T-S AS 145.278 + T-S K25.209. And T-S 6J5.1 EMS. ASE.
Letter in a crude hand to a woman (Sitt […]), describing the writer’s safe arrival in Fusṭāṭ. (Information from CUDL.) Also in his handwriting: T-S 12.257 + T-S AS 145.278 + T-S K25.209 and T-S 13J14.22. ASE.
