[Business letter] : manuscript

Name:

Masina, Meir, 17th century

Timespan:

17th century

Date:

1600s

Language:

Hebrew

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:

Commercial correspondence, Hebrew; Textile industry -- Egypt -- History -- 17th century; Pepper (Spice) industry -- Egypt -- History -- 17th century; Hebrew letters; Pepper (Spice) industry; History; Textile industry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books

Physical Description:

1 folio : complete

Geographic Subject:

Egypt

Rights:

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

Notes:

Recto: text starts after a blank upper quarter, 37 lines, leaving the right quarter of the page for postscript, which he fills (35 lines), written in the opposite direction.; Verso: continues on upper half, 24 lines, ending with the author's signature. The second stage of the letter starts a marginal postscript of 27 lines, and continues in an additional postscript of 16 lines in the lower half.; The author reports at great length to his partner, possibly in ʻAzza (verso ll. 14, 35). He deals primarily in textiles, but also mentions the trade of pepper (verso l. 9). He reports on difficulties in business, largely due to high interest rates, and a plague (recto ll. 5-15).; The marginal postscript on the verso starts a new session of writing, dated "Monday the 25th", upon receiving a letter from his addressee.; Hebrew. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 420

Collection:

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