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Recto: Declaration made by the merchant Yosef b. Moshe b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Sunday, 8 days remaining in Iyyar 4807 AM, which is …
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Fragment from a legal document, mentioning Fusṭāṭ, the month Marḥeshvan, and a woman renting. Handwriting of Hillel b. ʿEli? (Information in part from CUDL)
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Arabic text, literary.
Notes for drawing up legal documents. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel? On recto: "...the freedwoman (al-maʿtūqa)... and the rest of the …
An almost complete manuscript of the pentatueuch, with Sa'adya's Tafsīr and masoretic annotations, copied in the early years of the eleventh century. A series of …
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Bottom of a legal document. Needs examination.
Deed of sale. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday 26 Iyyar 5306 AM = 28 April 1546 CE. Currency: Peraḥim (Venetian ducats or another gold …
Upper text: piyyuṭim by Yannai, qedushtaʾot for the reading of two sedarim in the Palestinian triennial cycle, Leviticus 15:1 and 15:25, part of a maḥzor …
Bottom of a legal query, possibly with responsum underneath (but too faded to read).
Small fragment of a letter. (Information from CUDL)
Letter, neatly written, in which the writer, Ṣedaqa b. Yehuda, being financially dependent on the recipient, expresses his disappointment. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Someone releases multiple people from claims. No details.
Legal fragment. Mentions a debt of 50 dinars.
Writing exercises in at least two different scribal hands, one mentioning the name Avraham Ḥanīn. The name Harūn Reʾuben appears in a different scribal hand. …
Family letter sent to New Cairo. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 14th–15th century if not later. Starting with biblical quotations and containing greetings to various …
Letter. Mainly in Hebrew, with some phrases in Judaeo-Arabic, and the address partially in Arabic script (يصل هذا الكتاب الى مصر حماها الله אמונה שמורה). …
State document, two fragmentary lines in Arabic script. Not much is preserved but what remains reads as prayers and invocations.
Legal query addressed to Yehosef ha-Rav. Small fragment.
List (fragment) of recipients of charity, including ghulam Hosha'na and "the widow of the shaykh Abu al-X" and two "ma`rifas," meaning people "known" by a …
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Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Mentions Abū Manṣūr and Abū Jaʿfar.
Legal note, unsigned, beginning "Yaqūlu...": "ʿAllān b. Ḥassūn says that Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Ḥalabī has a note (ruqʿa) of [...] under the name of Abū ʿImrān …
Recto: bottom of a dār receipt (see tag), presumably for ʿArūs b. Yosef. In Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Ends with a ḥamdala and taṣliya. Verso:Judaeo-Arabic …
Receipt for rent of for house for a period of one year, Ramaḍān through Shaʿbān. The tenant is Manṣūr al-Dajājī (same as in Bodl. MS …
Minute fragment from a bill, probably regarding a payment, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA
Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Lists receipt of different commodities from people with unusual names (כיל אבן כלנתי, קוריר, עישי אבן בקלה). Other names mentioned: …
Mercantile accounts.
Short note from ʿAmram to his father. Dating: ca. 16th century. (Information from CUDL.)
Letter from Kanz al-Dawla to the Nubian eparch Uruwī in Ibrīm. Introduces the bearer, "the qāʾid Ḥasan, son of the qāʾid Shujāʿ al-Dawla (Courage of …
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Unidentified text in Arabic script, maybe legal or maybe literary about law (mentions nikāḥ). Reused for a book binding.
Accounts in Arabic script, in large letters with wide line spacing. Reminiscent of state accounts, but likely private. E.g., "Owed by Ibn al-Kaʿkī...." Various dates …
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Short note to Muwaffaq, accompanied by quantities of “hindi” and “lādan” (labdanum), instructing the addressee to sell them. (Information from Goitein's index cards) EMS
Unidentified text in Hebrew. At one point after a small space reads ועכשיו אחינו ישראל suggesting it could be a communal letter or sermon. Dating: …
Five notes on tiny pieces of vellum, ordering the addressee to hand over small sums or certain quantities of oil, soap, wood, vegetables, lemon, or …
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Deed of sale, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very fragmentary. Describes the location of a property with reference to neighboring landmarks. Mentions Kātib al-Jaysh and Ibn ʿAbd …
Tax receipt, Fatimid.
Fragment of a power of attorney in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). (Information in part from CUDL)
Recto: Letter(s) in Arabic script. These may be copies or model letters. Each seems to contain only the opening portion and consists mainly of formulaic …