[Court memo] : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Halfon ben Menasse, active 1100-1138, scribe.

Matsliaḥ, ha-Kohen, 12th century.

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Court records.

Witnesses (Jewish law).

Jewish law.

Penn Provenance:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).

Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).

Amram.

Physical Description:

1 frag. : parchment unevenly cut, torn; verso is blank, save few scribbled words

Parchment 14.3 X 8.2 cm material applied: black ink ruling method: narrow lines fitting unevenly cut parchment columns: lines: 13 (recto).

Contained In:

Cairo Genizah Collection

Place of Publication:

[Fustat], [publisher not identified], [1100-1138?]

Language Note:

Judeo-Arabic. Hebrew

Notes:

The cut of memo, informal cursive hand, and lack of mail folds, indicate that this is either a draft copy, or an internal memo.

The writer addresses an honorable, probably a judge, agreeing to his decision to proceed discreetly, without the presence of witnesses.

The hand is recognized as that of the court scribe Ḥalfon ha-Leṿi ben Menasheh. Over 250 such documents have been collected by Gershon Weiss: Legal documents written by the court clerk Halfon ben Menasse, dated 1100-1138, a study in the diplomatics of the Cairo Geniza (Thesis (Ph.D.) in Oriental Studies--Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 1970.

Assuming Ḥalfon is the author of this memo, it is likely that it is written to Matsliaḥ ha-kohen Gaon, his mentor for whom Ḥalfon served under for most of his career.

Forms part of: Cairo Genizah Collection.

Cited in:

Halper, no. 355

IMHM, no. F38400

OCLC:

249591003