[Court memo] : manuscript

Contributor:

Halfon ben Menasse, active 1100-1138 (scribe)

Name:

Matsliaḥ, ha-Kohen, 12th century

Date:

1100

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Provenance:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).; Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).; Amram.

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Court records; Witnesses (Jewish law); Jewish law

Resource Type:

Text

Physical Description:

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

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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.; Judeo-Arabic. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 355

Collection:

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