| Description |
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Locus
| 1r-64r |
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Author
| ʿAṭias, Daṿid, sec. XVIII-XIX (internal) |
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Supplied title
| Travel diary. |
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Incipit text
| בעשור ראשון לאלול ש' תקפ"א לפ"ק יצאתי מעיר מקנאסה בשליחות מצוה של חכמי העיר לערי מזרח וערי אדום |
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General note
| Travel diary of David Attias, an emissary from Meknes (Morocco). Attias made several journeys to Europe and the United States from 5181=1821 until 5194=1834 (f. 57v). He visitied cities in Italy, Holland, Portugal, France, the United States and Algiers and listed the names of his hosts in each city as well as other details. |
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General note
| On some pages he entered expenses and donations. Ff. 1r-3r: פנקס ההוצאות. Some of the entries are in Judeo-Arabic or Ladino. |
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General note
| On ff. 57v-60v he wrote a short dictionary of essential terms in Hebrew or Arabic and their translation into Italian איטאלייאנא. Only a few of the terms were translated. |
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General note
| On f. 64r some notes on medicines in Arabic. |
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General note
| On ff. 47v-48r he listed his ancestors beginning with David Israel Attias who was exiled from Spain in 1492 and came to Fez in Morocco together with the Rabbis of Castile אדוני זקני אבי אבי רכב ישראל כמוהר"ר דוד ישראל עטיאס זצוקלה"ה אשר בא בראש גולים עם רבני קאשטילייא זלה"ה לעיר פאס. |
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General note
| On f. 63v he listed the dates of births of his children from 5555=1795 to 5580=1820. |
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General note
| On f. 63r he listed the books in his possession in 5571=1811 אלו הן ספרי הקדש שיש לי כעת שבט תקע"א. |
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