Letter, to Moses Laredo, rabbi of Gibraltar, 1857 : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Laredo, Moses, rabbi (Gibraltar), addressee.

Contributor:

Abecassis, Yitsḥaḳ ben Yosef, former owner.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Hebrew

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Rabbis--Gibraltar--19th century--Correspondence.

Rabbis.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Removed from a printed copy of : Epstein, Jehiel Michal ben Abraham. Sefer Ḳitsur Shene luḥot ha-berit (Frankfurt am Main : Mosheh Gomberg, David Jakob Kronau, 1744 or 1745); book subsequently owned by Yitsḥaḳ ben Yosef Abecassis, Tanger (Tangier, Morocco).

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 17 cm

Production:

Gibraltar, 1857.

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 26 Folder 21

Language Note:

In Hebrew (text); autograph in Spanish, and additional letter text (from original verso) written in Judaeo-Spanish.

Biography/History:

Rabbi in Gibraltar after 1852 (see his tuǧra autograph on an 1852 ketubah: Beth Tzedec Congregation, Reuben & Helene Dennis Museum, Toronto, Ontario, CR 596).

Summary:

Fragment of a letter sent to Moses Laredo, rabbi in Gibraltar; addressed by a friend, written in a Moroccan cursive script, with his name in Spanish, subsequently stamped; the letter text, formerly on the verso, partially remains (written in Judaeo-Spanish, in a Solitreo script).

Cited as:

Letter, to Moses Laredo, Rabbi of Gibraltar (Misc Mss Box 26 Folder 21). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1527414215