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Count of Subject
| Subject | Count |
|---|---|
| jews -- ethiopia -- history -- sources. | 1 |
| manuscripts, english -- 17th century -- texts. | 1 |
| manuscripts, hebrew -- 19th century -- texts. | 1 |
| jews -- england -- london -- history -- sources. | 1 |
| hebrew letters -- texts. | 1 |
| christian converts from judaism -- england -- london -- history -- sources. | 1 |
| great fire, london, england, 1666 -- sources. | 1 |
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Cecil Roth Collection
1200-1999
Throughout his life Roth collected both books and manuscripts, and art objects. The former were acquired by Leeds University Library, largely in 1961, while the art collection passed to the Beth Tzede...
[Begging letter, after 6 September 1666, from Jacob ben Rabbi Samuel Augusto to the Earl of Huntingdon, referring to "that unhappy fire in London hath undone me, for my pleace[!], for my hebrew bookis, and for my living" (original)].
[1666?]
English title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 249. Summary: Only first leaf recto, and last leaf verso (address and traces of red wax...
[Letter of support to the Jews in Ethiopia (Beta Israel), October/November 1906–April 1908, signed by 1 secular Jewish leader and 43 rabbis from all over Europe, Pittsburg, PA (USA), Palestine, and Egypt (original)].
Faïtlovitch, Jacques
[1906–1908]
Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant title: Igeret el Yehude Ḥabash. (אגרת אל יהודי חבש (אתיופיה. Approximate dates of production may be derived from 2 dates given in the ...