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Two forms for legal documents in Hebrew. On the other side is a grammatical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic.
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Upper fragment: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Partnership agreement between Abū l-Munā and [...] b. David ha-Parnas and …
Engagement (shiddukhin) agreeement between Efrayim b. Shemuel and כואנדה bt. Eliyyahu Sūsī, in a beautifully illuminated frame. The prospective bride's name is also listed as …
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Karaite marriage contract (previously catalogued in PGP as betrothal document per Ktiv metadata). Dated 6 Nisan 5528 AM (1768 CE). The key clause that qualifies …
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Small fragment from the opening of a legal document. On parchment. Mentions ‘[...] the dear elder’ and someone inheriting something from his wife. (Information in …
Legal document, probably a transfer of property, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Sitt al-Dār has appointed her husband Ṣedaqa as …
A notary's draft concerning three houses and two ruins forming the object of a settlement. Among the most detailed description of houses in Cairo. Description …
Her name is both Sitt al-Rutab and Sitt al-Fakhr. He releases Sitt [al-Rutab] from all claims and concedes to her…
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A leaf from the court register, with five different entries, all signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, all explicitly dated between Shevat and Iyyar 1410 Sel. …
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Halakhic treatise or responsa discussing marriage, with formularies for legal documents on verso.
Legal document in Hebrew, very damaged. Location: Cairo. Dated 16 ___[month missing] ___52 AM. Based on the paleography the year is most likely 5552 AM …
Birth record. In Arabic script. "The birth of my son Abū l-Fakhr was Wednesday, the fourth hour of the night. . . the fifth hour. …
Bill of divorce, Qaraite. In Hebrew. T-S 12.54 and T-S 12.70 are two very rare examples of Qaraite bills of divorce. Husband: ʿAmmār al-Khāṭirī. Witnesses: …
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Administrative note in Arabic script. Unclear exactly how it is related to the Avraham Maimonides material in this folder. Might be his handwriting (should be …
A Karaite marriage contract (ketubba) between Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef and Karīma bt. Avraham, whose father is also her legal representative. Karīma was perhaps a Rabbanite, …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Small fragment. The bride is named (Sitt al-)Khawāt. The scribe uses the unusual spelling דנאן for דנן, which may help in finding …
A few words from the top part of a legal deed. No details preserved.
Recto: legal document, mentioning the teacher Berakhot b. Ḥalfon and Elʿazar; signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥalfon, a Kohen and [...] b. Yosef. Verso: note possibly …
Legal document mentioning the elder Abū l-Man[ṣūr] and [... b.] Ṭoviyya. (Information from CUDL)
Mostly torn and effaced release in which Khalaf and Musafir, sons of Shemuel b. Khalaf, acknowledge to have received through Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen 250 gold pieces …
Small fragment from the beginning of a ketubah, 16th century. The groom name is Ishaq. AA
Karaite bill of debt. Dated Thursday, 8th Adar II, 5529 Era of creation (1769). The document was issued in the residence of R. Shelomo b. …
Two fragment of a bill of divorce, from Fustat, from Tishrei [1]331 sel. (1019 CE), signed by Ya'aqov b. Yosef beit-din and Shelomo b. [...]. …
Recto: part of a poorly preserved deed, from the court of, and probably written by, Efrayim b. Shemarya. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 4799 AM = 1038/39 …
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Legal record (#12) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 6r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Undated, but likely c. …
Outline of a story probably intended to be written up as a court record. Describing an inheritance dispute concerning two brothers and two sisters. One …
Trousseau list recording a washed skullcap worth one dinar and a secondhand kerchief worth one-half dinar, amongst other items. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. …
Fragment of a settlement between Simha b. [...] and his son-in-law Khalīfa after long litigation. Dated: Av 1412 Seleucid = June/July 1101 CE. (Information from …
Part of a ketubba for an unnamed bride and [...] he-Ḥaver ‘head of the cantors’ b. [...] (groom), dated Wednesday (rest of date not preserved). …
Acknowledgment of a debt of 10 dinars contracted by Ḥammūd b. Hāshim, the miller, with Ibrāhīm b. Ḥajīj, the Jewish middleman. The document states that …
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. Praise be to God alone. He is sufficient. Peace be upon his' servants, whom he has chosen.
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Legal document. Handwriting of Hillel b. ʿEli? Location: Fustat. Mentions a guardian (apotropos). The original document was signed by [...] b. Shemarya, Moshe b. Elḥanan, …
Legal record (#70) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 23v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dating: 5324 or early …
Testimony regarding bridal consent to marriage. Two manuscripts that deal with the marriage of a bride named Karam. The two manuscripts contain the bride's consent …
Verso: Legal document. Appointment of a general administrator of the qodesh, ca. 1150. Copy of a decision taken in the court presided over by Nagid …
(ר' ישעיה הלוי הזקן)
…our dear… b. R...., may God preserve him,
concerning his appointment as administrator of the heqdēsh, under the authority of…
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Decorated, torn Karaite ketuba from Cairo. The groom is Yeshu'a b. Yosef and the bride is Esther known as Karima d. Shlomo
Deed for the lease of a house. Location: Fustat Dated: Thursday, 5 Tammuz 1387 Seleucid = 9 June 1076 CE. The parties are Sason b. …
Agreement regarding a marital match. Location: Malīj. Dated: Thursday, 6 Iyyar 1803 Seleucid = 3 May 1492 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Natan …
Text in Arabic with at least two different scribal hands, medieval-era. One portion opens with "يشهد الشهود" pointing to the likelihood that this is the …
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Ishaq Halevi. . The bride is Esther known as Bahza. AA
Betrothal (erusin) contract. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver (active 1128-1153). Location; Fustat. Dated: Sunday, 5 Elul 1449 Seleucid, which is 1138 CE, …
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Legal document or possibly a letter. In Hebrew. Dating: late, ca. 16th–18th century. Mentions Shemuʾel Pali[...] (שמואל פאלי....); "the polisa, that is to say the …
Fragment of a legal document in Arabic, probably late Mamluk or early Ottoman-era.
Legal document(s) or letter(s) concerning a legal case. Both sides—one in Arabic script, one in Judaeo-Arabic—are first-person declarations about the details of some financial case …
Probably from a responsum. Mentions Reuben, the house of Reuben and Judah.
Verso: Legal document involving al-Rayyis Abū l-Bayān (Moshe) b. Mevorakh. Many names are mentioned. Needs examination.
Bifolium from a court notebook. Fol. 1a: End of a legal query (ll. 1–4) and complete answer/responsum (ll. 5–19) in the case of Hilāl the …
Ketubba fragment for Peraḥya ha-Kohen and 'Banīna the virgin bride.' Signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shelomo and Yosef ha-[...]
Dowry list (taqwim) in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan, for the marriage of Natan b. Shabbetay and […] bt. Yeshūʿa. Marriage payments: 10 + …
Recto: Legal document in which Abū l-Khayr b. Nājī ha-Parnas releases ʿAmīd al-Dawla Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef from any obligations for goods sold by the latter …
Karaite betrothal deed. Bride: Yamān bat David b. Isaiah, of Egypt. Groom: Shela b. ʿAmram al-Qirqisānī, of Tyre. Both the bride and groom are represented …
Fragment (left side) of an illuminated ketubba from Cairo with an elaborate floral design that was rendered with watercolor paint inside a predrawn grid. The …