Paraliterary text: T-S Misc.8.23

Paraliterary text T-S Misc.8.23

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T-S Misc.8.23
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Forecasts based on the day of the week something falls on. Uses the Coptic calendar. Every entry ends "wallāhu aʿlam." Distinguishes between the forecast for Fustat and for the entire world. Some of the predictions: fire from the heavens, a lot of fish and a lot of heat, the sultan will persecute his enemies, women will be very sick that year ("because Venus is in the ascendant"), etc.

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box Misc. 8, fol. 23; TS Box Misc. 8, f. 23
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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T-S Misc.8.23 1r

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1r

T-S Misc.8.23 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Misc.8.23. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/23494/ (accessed August 25, 2026).