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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. May be the handwriting of Abū Sahl Levi and addressed to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Not a great deal of …
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Agreement regarding a marital match. Location: Malīj. Dated: Thursday, 6 Iyyar 1803 Seleucid = 3 May 1492 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Natan …
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Verso: reused for accounts in Judaeo-Arabic by ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions rice.
Accounts in Ladino, with some Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions "the Moor (=Muslim) Mustafa." Mentions locations such as Būlāq and Ḥusayniyya.
Receipt for the capitation tax of Maḥfūẓ b. Eliyya(?), a Jewish silk trader (qazzāz), in Fustat.
Hebrew poetry composition with other jottings, including long lists of rhyme words. The hand has features in common with that of Maimonides but is probably …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Written on a narrow vertical strip.
Minute fragment of text in Hebrew script, ואהבת appears on the recto.
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Letter to Eliyyahu the judge from a female(?) relative in Alexandria, complaining about his treatment of her family. Early 13th century. (Information from CUDL)
I wish to inform the august elder, the chief, R. Elijah, may his glory be exalted and his honor increase, that
we received your letter. Ima…
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Barely legible letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. On parchment. Probably a mercantile letter of the 11th century. (Information in part from CUDL)
Draft of a court record. Location: Fustat. Mentions Mordekhai Ḥefeṣ, who was a ḥaver in the Bet Din of the Nagid in Egypt at the …
Business accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions silk; Ṣāfī; pepper.
Letter or petition to a vizier, possibly al-Afḍal. Approximately three lines are preserved from the opening praises ("... al-Afḍaliyya... Kāfil Quḍāt al-Muslimīn wa-Hādī Duʿāt al-Muʾminīn..."). …
Karaite legal document regarding payment received by a widow, possibly via inheritance or her business activities. Dated 18 Elul 5480 AM (1720 CE). Rivqa the …
Ketubba. Part of the decoration in the right upper margin is preserved. Location: Cairo. Dated: Friday, 14 Adar II 5518 = 24 March 1758 CE. …
Letter addressed to Abu al-Faraj, son of Daniel the teacher, in the “habs Bunan” neighborhood. The writer describes that the wife of his son is …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Family/business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a quantity of vessels for wine (ṭamāwiyya) and greetings to ʿImrān and Sitt al-Gharb. (Information in part from CUDL)
Ketubba fragment. Bride: Tujjār (i.e., Sitt al-Tujjār). Groom: Ḥalfon. On verso there is a trousseau list. Ḥalfon's father's name is partially visible on verso: Meyu[ppe?] …
List of payments received in Judaeo-Arabic. Accordingly, each entry relies on the phrase "קבץ מן / قبظ من" (l.1r, 4r) and the coinage in use …
Ketubba according to the Palestinian style. Dated: 4810 AM = 1049/50 CE. In the hand of Eliyyahu b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, when he was either reviʿi …
Legal fragment (lower left corner). Almost no details are preserved. Signed by: [...] b. Moshe; Yosef b. Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen.
Letter from ʿAwāḍ b. Ḥananel from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, ca. 1060. In the handwriting of Avraham b. Abi al-Hayy and concerning business …
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Reused for legal jottings in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), which mention Sutūt the wife of Khalaf b. Qashqūsh; a real-estate …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to the Square of the [Perfumers?], to al-Ḥazzan Abū Yaʿqūb. Mainly notable for including the rare word "al-hirjās" …
Court register. Bodl. MS heb. f 56/46v: A renewed betrothal contract dated Tammuz 1493 Seleucid = June/July 1182 CE. Groom: Abū l-Baqāʾ Sheʾerit b. Yefet. …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Small fragment of a marriage-related legal document. On parchment. Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. Excerpts: אפילו מגל[ימא] . . . [וקביל על]והי נמי שתהא …
Middle fragment of a deathbed will of a physician (it seems, for he notes the book of medicine (kitāb al-ṭibb) in his own hand), mentioning …
Legal document. Location: Al-Maḥalla. Involves [...] b. Yefet ha-Zaqen and [...] b. Peraḥya ha-Levi ha-Zaqen and contains the curious phrase "I have leased myself to …
Bill of divorce (get). Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 13 Shevat 1442 Seleucid, which is 1131 CE. Husband: Ḥalfon b. [...].
Letter to the mother of Abū Zikrī, Umm Abū Zikrī (אם אבו זכרי), who is also mother of the referenced Abū al-Barakat and wife of …
Note from a communal official probably addressed to Avraham Maimonides, requesting guidance regarding distribution of funds. Mentions the shammash, the gabbay, and the ḥazzan. Most …
Fragment of a letter probably addressed to [...]ya ha-Dayyan. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing with business matters after the opening blessings. AA
Certificate of assessment by the rabbinate in Jerusalem for religious instructors – undated – (number 96) – in Hebrew and in English. (information from Ḥassanein …
Verso: Unidentified text in Arabic script, possibly a letter or account. Needs further examination. On recto: Hebrew poetry on astronomical (and/or mystical?) themes.
Recto: (1) Recipe in Arabic script in a Spanish hand, beginning with the basmala four times. The recipe uses marrubium juice, ginger-water, honey and cinnamon-water. …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand (e.g. using the alef-lamed ligature to represent just alef). Discussing the purchase of skins (julūd). Mentions Abū Naṣr. Needs further …
Letter from the judge Avraham b. Shabbetay of Minyat Zifta (active ca. 1091–1135 CE) to an unidentified addressee. In Hebrew. Fragment (left side of recto). …
List, badly damaged with some text legible. Medieval era. Below the line partition the entry is dated Sunday (יום א) and below that a name …
Legal record (#32) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 4v of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated 16 …