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Letter from Yeshuʿa al-Qarawī 'the supervisor (mushārif) of the Qaysariyya,' in Sunbāṭ, to Shelomo ha-Sar ha-Nadiv. With a long Hebrew preamble with biblical phrases and …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
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Letter from Mūsā b. Yaḥyā al-Majjānī, Alexandria, to Binyamin b. Yūsuf Ibn ʿAwkal. Around 1025. The writer has returned from travels in Sicily, where he …
על שמך
כתאבי יאסיד[י ו]שיכי וריצי(!) ואלעזיז עלי א[טאל] אללה בקאך
ואדאם איאם סלאמתך ו[ר]עאיתך וציאנתך [וכאן] לך ומעך
1 نسخ
Letter fragment in late Hebrew. The script appears to be Italqi or Ashkenazi. The opening line features a partial name: [...] Moron/Modon, possibly the surname …
IB V, 30b. Account or list written by Abū Zikrī Kohen, mentioning names and amounts of money, probably debts or payments. On verso a list …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb on dyeing in Dhāt al-Ṣafā. Dated: 21 Ramaḍān 405. Written by Yuḥannā b. Mīkhāʾīl, the son of …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 2 مناقشتان
Large folio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly a communal list. Some entries include first names others rely on surnames. 16th- or 17th-century based on the …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. ״From Abū l-Ḥusayn b. Levi... 21 in the house of the qāḍī..." Written at 180 degrees in Arabic script, twice: …
Bodl. MS heb. f 22/19–52 is a notebook of a notary and bookseller, containing drafts of legal deeds, some of them dated (1155, 1159, 1160, …
Accounts of a druggist. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions rose preserves and cherries
Long letter from Yosef b. Moshe to Peraḥya. The sender has traveled to Minyat Zifta. He gives instructions to his wife concerning her attire and …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi? Outline of a deed of sale for an enslaved woman named Ibtidāʾ. Seller: Sitt al-Banīn …
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Mentioning many names: Abū ʿAlī b. Barukh; Moshe ha-Kohen ha-Zaqen; Avraham ha-Zaqen. Also mentions Fustat. Probably …
State document in Arabic, probably. Medieval-era. Only one line is visible on the verso: بذلك جارية فيه على ما يكون. The recto was reused for …
Ayyubid chronicle. Recto (the second page) is headed "[...] wa-l-Salāṭīn wa-Ibtidāʾ al-Dawla al-Nāṣiriyya" (referring to al-Malik al-Nāṣir a.k.a. Saladin). The time-span covered in the fragment …
Verso (probably original use): Fragment of a state document, in Arabic script. One of the lines is copied underneath; this might be later scribal practice.
Informal note from David to a certain Nasi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely early 13th century. The sender reports that he has met with one of …
Late account i Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions ʿAzarya and Ḥasān and Shelomo the currency fulūs and possibly קרונה.
Very small text in Arabic, perhaps documentary on both the recto and verso. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Letter from Isma’il b. Barhun al-Taharti to Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055), Fustat. After a disagreement over selling indigo (it is not clear what the …
Legal document mentioning [...] b. Ṣedaqa the elder. Almost none of the substance is preserved. May mention neighbors (jīrān). (Information in part from CUDL)
Order of payment addressed to Maḥfūẓ, who is to pay 5 of something to the bearer Masʿūd the ghulām. Written on the back of an …
Legal query addressed to the Gaʾon and Nasi Daniʾel b. ʿAzarya in Jerusalem with regard to the goods of a merchant, Moshe b. Yehuda ha-Maʿaravi, …
3 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Draft of a letter to the 'the Rav' in Mahdiyya, in which the sender writes that he bought quires of books from the inheritance of …
2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين
Genealogical list of Shemuel b. Ḥananya's family. On verso there are several practice openings for a letter to a son in Arabic.
Official report (or just a letter). Probably a draft. Written in 4 columns on a bifolio, with many lines crossed out and some of the …
Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, with his autograph responsum (signed). After a man had given an oath of bankruptcy in Jewish court, he was …
[Concerning Reube]n [who holds Simeo]n['s IOU for the sum of 500 dirhems] payable in instalments of twenty dirhems per month, some of which has becom…
1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Bifolio of accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. Maybe pertaining to the properties of the qodesh. Mostly has to do with real estate and mentions the ground rent …
Formulary (Palestinian-Rabbanite) for a bill of divorce, copied from a bill dated 872/73 CE, in Jerusalem. (Information from Goitein's index card.) See Krakowski and Stern, …
1 مناقشة
Apprenticeship agreement. Dated: first third of Iyyar 5582 (April/May 1822 CE). Location: Cairo. David Dayyan agrees to teach Moshe al-Farūn(?) (אלפרון) "the occupation and business …
Recto: Bottom part of a letter from Berakhot probably to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–37). Concerning public affairs. Asking him to act with regard to certain …
Partnership contract. Dated: Tammuz 1460 Seleucid, which is 1149 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Tamīm b. Natan receives from Abū …
Responsum in the hand of Maimonides, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on Maimonides' years of activity in Egypt. The primary text, from a …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Legal record (#32) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 12r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 3 Heshvan 5322 …
Dense daily expenses with the names of people in Arabic. Coptic and Siyāqet numerals. Needs examination.
Fragment from the top part of a ketubba from Cairo ([al-Qāhira] al-Muʿizziyya). Invokes the authority of the Nagid titled [Mordekhay] ha-Zeman. The groom may be …
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged. The sender asks the addressee to purchase some purslane seed (bizr rijla). Might join with ENA NS 85.1339 …
Communal list (record #19) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 7v-8r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Undated, but surrounding …
Ownership note for Hillel b. Meyuppe.
Letter in Hebrew from [...] b. Yeshuʿa he-Ḥaver b. Ṣabgha (צבגה) to [...] b. Efrayim, mentioning a messenger (shaliaḥ) and asking a favor regarding 'notes' …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Zayn b. Hiba in New Cairo.
IB I, 4–5. Court proceedings dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader, and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of merchants' in Fustat. …
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[Date, place, parties, and reference to the opening session.]
Mr. Joseph said: “Of the textiles give…
Ketubba fragment (lower left corner). Groom: ʿAmmār b. Yiṣḥaq. Bride: Surūr bt. Yefet. A sum of 12.5 dinars is mentioned. The dowry is valued at …
Verso (secondary use): Seems to be the liturgy for weekday Maʿariv (معريب للحل) written in Arabic script (Arabo-Hebrew).
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, preserving only some of the closing greetings ([al-salām] al-jazīl wa-atammuhū).
Ketubba fragment. Groom: Avraham ha-Levi.