Legal document: L-G Misc. 2

Legal document L-G Misc. 2

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L-G Misc. 2
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Fragment of a marriage contract (ketubba). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. The bride is not a virgin. Dowry apparently of little value. (Information from Goitein’s index card.)

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Scribe
Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi

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Collection
Bodleian Library and Cambridge University Library (jointly owned) , Lewis-Gibson
Historical shelfmarks
West. Coll. (Westminster College), Frag. Cairens., fol. 2; West. Coll. (Westminster College), Frag. Cairens., f. 2
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In PGP since 2017
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L-G Misc. 2 1r

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1r

L-G Misc. 2 1v

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1v
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Bodleian Library and Cambridge University Library (jointly owned) , Lewis-Gibson, L-G Misc. 2. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/8999/ (accessed March 14, 2026).