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Letter of the cantor Yefet b. Shekhanya to Egypt. The transcribed portion of the letter describes how he came to Acre but did not take …
3 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mainly concerning transactions with Abū l-Surūr Ibn Yijū; this must be the father (rather than …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Legal query, addressed to Moses Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when he was active in Egypt. (Information from CUDL)
Recto with the address on verso: Letter from an unknown sender, in Ṣahrajt, probably sent to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: First half of the 11th …
1 مناقشة
Bill of release involving real estate, granted by the woman Nasāba bt. Maymun b. Ḥusayn b. Baqā to a certain Thābit. Signed by Menashshe b. …
Unidentified text in Arabic. Late, probably Ottoman era. May be magical. On both recto and verso contains the phrase "hurry hurry hurry."
Commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender received Frankish kohl (kuḥl ifrānjī) from the addressee but does not know its price. There are also standard expressions …
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Monograph; laws of terefah; quotes the geonim Yehudai and Hai (info from FGP)
Order of payment. In Arabic script with the sum (at least 600 wariq dirhams) repeated in Judaeo-Arabic / Hebrew script at the top.
Letter to Eliyyahu the judge. Fragment (first ~6 lines only). Dating: early 13th century. The sender may be named [Abū l-Ḥa]san. Almost none of the …
Legal document or documents. Only the final words on each side and the signatures are preserved. On recto: [...] b. Ḥalfon (ZL). On verso: Yiṣḥaq …
Likely a Fatimid fiscal account. Difficult to read. As of July 2025 this fragment is not conserved and can be seen only in Cambridge.
Incomplete legal document in the hand of Hillel b. Eli (active ca. 1066–1108 CE). The cantor Ghālib b. Ḥalfon al-Zayyāt claims that his sister Bārra …
The testimony of what took place before us, we the undersigned witnesses:
Mr. Ghalib the cantor known as Abū Manṣūr b. Mr. Ḥalfon, the sel…
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Investment agreement (ʿisqa). Dated: Adar I 5562 AM, which is 1802 CE. In which Joya bt. Yehuda Ashiyahu invests 100 riyāls with Meir ben Naʿim …
Verso (secondary use): Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions Alexandria.
Recto: Letter to Elʿazar he-Ḥasid Tifʾeret he-Ḥasidim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 13th century. The handwriting has Andalusī alephs, some words almost like the handwriting of a …
Letter from Peraḥya b. Sahlān (Alexandria), ca. 1055. Only the bottom part of the letter is preserved. Refers to a incident/misfortune (فجيعة) involving the wares …
אלפגיעה [ ] פכונא נכתב אלי [
וולדה נעלמהם בהדה אלנובה וכאן וצל מן טראבלס אלגרב צחֿבה [
אבו אלטרור צאחב שמעה אלחל[י]סי ק[ ] וימ[ ] מאלה וח…
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, based on currencies, which include גדיד (cedid) and קרונה (the latter is likely the Spanish escudo minted as early as …
A letter from Abū Zikrī in which he informs al-shaykh al-rashid al-Shemuʾel (aka al-Samawʾal) that upon returning from traveling, he was informed that he held …
Verso (original use): Letter fragment (upper right corner, beginnings of three lines only). In Arabic script.
Verso (original use): Letter, maybe official state correspondence. Begins "ʿaraḍa hādhihi l-mukā[taba]...." Mentions Jaʿfar b. Fattāh, only the beginning formula with honorifics is preserved. Ends …
بسم الله [الرحمن الرحيم
عرض هذه المكـ[ـاتبة(؟)
الاجل اطال الله بقاه[
وسموها وسناها و…[
جعفر بن فتاح اجل[
…………………
و..[
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Prenuptial agreement between a Karaite bridegroom and a Rabbanite bride, stipulating a fine to be paid to the Rabbanite and Karite poor by the bridegroom …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
List of items sent(?) by or with Dāwūd b. [S]ālim al-Khayyāṭ to R. Yeḥiel the Judge, including a manāra and a sirāj and a maḍraba. …
Letter from Abū l-Manṣūr b. Ṭāhir al-Kohen, in Alexandria, to Abū ʿAlī Manṣūr b. Yiṣḥaq al-Dimashqī, in Fustat. Dating: 1170s CE. The addressee was just …
Letter in Hebrew giving a detailed account of a dispute, apparently in the Muslim courts, regarding the flax trade, a legal document, and the validity …
Prognostications in Judaeo-Arabic.
Recto is a phrase from a letter ויעוד וכתאבנא. Verso is an intriguing list of books or letters (?כתא) including one "to Alexand[r]ia," one called …
Possibly accounts, with Arabic entries in right column with Coptic numerals in the left column. Medieval era. There is also an extensive chain of numerals …
Letter from Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1052. To be sent to the house of Ibn Isḥāq Ibrahim …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Bifolio of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Probably private business accounts.
Geomancy primer in Judaeo-Arabic.
Fragment of a document of sale in which Nahray b. Nissim, the well-known banker and communal lender (d. 1096), buys from his brother-in-law and the …
Marriage contract between Eli b. Qimoy and Sutayt b. Yair, written by Shemarya b. Elhanan. Dated Shevat 1306/995 (January-February). (Information from Bareket, Shafrir misrayim, p. …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
List, commercial. In Judaeo-Arabic. Sums given in dirhams. Very faded. Mentions pepper.
Legal fragment of some kind. Perhaps from a court notebook. There are signatures at the top, two lines in Aramaic, then a section with several …
Small fragment from a letter or legal document, mentioning Yefet b. Daniel(?), other names with honorifics, and a woman (גברת)
Lists in Judaeo-Arabic of various food items and their respective quantity or weight. The accounts feature both Western Arabic and some Coptic-Zimam numerals, the latter …
Verso: Letter drafts or copies. In Judaeo-Arabic. One of them is signed by Shimʿon Frances. Needs further examination.
Small fragment with Hebrew script. Unidentified. Could be documentary.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The text in the margin reads ומא יגרי פיה מן צגירה וכבירה פי שי מן דלך וסואהא הדא אלשגל. (Information in …
Note or folio from the epistle on animals, from the Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ. "رسالة الحيوان من رسايل اخوان الصفا وخلان الوفا من كلام الحكمة و …
Small fragment of a letter: closing greetings and the phrase "send it to me with whomever..."
Piyyuṭim in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi.