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Letter of appeal for charity from Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen Nafūsī to Moshe Tifʾeret ha-Kohanim. He states that he is an old man from Nafūsa (Libya) and …
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Fragment of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi.
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Letter from Ḥayyūn to 'the noble merchant, the noble Kohen.' The sender has sent the 'qaḍīb'(?) along with 4 dinars with Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf. A …
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The original document is a literary work in vocalized Hebrew. It appears that another paper was then pasted on top, and the first two lines …
Letter fragment (lower right corner of recto). The subject matter is obscure. The writer writes, "I have witnesses for that, and before me. . . …
Letter mentioning Abū l-Maʿālī, Josiah and Sittī al-kabīra). (Information from CUDL)
Bifolio. Three of the four pages contain models of polite phrases to be used in Judaeo-Arabic letters. The handwriting might be known. Dating: likely 12th …
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Letter from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the Ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. Concerning yarn. (Information from CUDL)
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Fragment of a letter in Hebrew (upper left corner).
Business letter in Arabic script possibly sent from Istanbul (or written by someone named Constantine?). Dated: Ramaḍān 1133 AH = June/July 1721 CE. Addressed to …
Secondary use: Letter or letters in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, referring to a judge, receipt of a letter from Damascus to Ashqelon at the time when …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a neat scribal hand. Very faded. The sender seems to be a woman (based on "sākina" in l. 8). She seems …
Long letter to Ishaq b. Abraham the Karaite
Family letter sent from Qal'at Ja'bar on the Euphrates River Syria, by a man to his brother, saying that he had learned about the death …
Part of a letter. (Information from CUDL)
Petition/letter of appeal for charity. Addressed to someone titled Ḥemdat ha-Nesiʾut, possibly the same person as Sayyidnā in l. 8. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. The …
Letter. Sent from somewhere in al-Shām to Cairo. In a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 11th century. Sender and addressee are not …
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century, based on the regards to Eliyyahu the Judge. Same hand as T-S 10J15.23 and T-S NS 163.86.
Family and/or business letter addressed to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely late 12th or early 13th century. The sender is sick and throws up …
Recto: Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. The context is difficult to make out, but the sender refers to a ḥadith, "al-jār bi …
Minute fragment from the top part of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), who is named …
IB VII, 49. Commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning persons connected with the India trade, including Maḍmūn [b. Ḥasan]. Opens with a report and condolences about …
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Letter from Moses גליפאפה, in Venice, to his teacher Shemuʾel ben Sīd, in "Alexandria or Cairo." In Hebrew. Dating: Late 17th century (per CUDL) or …
Letter fragment. Addressed to a certain Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm. Mentions Bū l-Khayr. May belong together with the preceding fragments.
Letter from Yaʿaqov Ibn ha-Nagid to a notable named Shelomo. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein's index card identifies the sender as "Yaʿaqov b. David Maimonides" …
Beginning of a letter draft in Arabic script. Contains a basmala, usually letter formulae and blessings and a name, likely the addressee Abū Saʿīd b. …
Letter probably addressed to Avraham Maimonides—[the son] of our Lord and Rabbi Moshe the Great Rabbi (ZL). In Judaeo-Arabic. It is written on a reused …
Letter and panegyric from ʿEli b. ʿAmram the ḥaver to Shemuel ha-Nagid Ibn Naghrela of Granada. Dating: Before 1056 CE (the year of the death …
Letter of appeal for assistance. In Judaeo-Arabic, with many phrases in Hebrew. Dated Nisan 5562 AM which is 1802 CE (= the 9th of the …
Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (b. ca. 1310–d. 1355) in which the cantor Faraj Allāh is ordered to arrange a collection …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quotes the Talmudic saying "a prisoner doesn't free himself" (אין חבוש מתיר). (Information from CUDL)
Letter of condolence from Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver to a notable named Netanʾel, probably Abū l-Mufaḍḍal Netanʾel b. Peraḥya. (His kunya is written at 90 …
Late letter in Hebrew addressed to "my father" whose name is lost to damage but features a wide variety of rabbinic honorifics. The first line …
Recto: A woman complaining to the Nagid Mevorakh about her inefficient brother-in-law who was unable to secure her children's estate from his partner, expresses the …
Letter from Shemuʾel to his father, David Conforte, in Ladino, which was then reused for a draft of a halakhic treatise on divorce. (Information from …
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly a formulary, in the most general terms, written in large, monumental script. (Information from Goitein’s index card.)
Verso: draft of the beginning of a letter with blessings and wishes for good luck and prosperity. Recto: list of the first lines of piyyuṭim. …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is reminiscent of some of the 12th-century India traders, but it awaits proper identification. This is a large section from …
Letter of epitaph by Shelomo b. Yehuda. The verso of the paper medium has some intriguing material features. There are a couple fibrous locations where …
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Fragment from a letter, mentioning Mesar or Muyassar (מיסר) ha-Kohen who met with someone important, "and he is a very good person," then ʿAmram and …
Letter from Moshe b. Yaʿaqov, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, c. 1045-1096.
Un-conserved. Fragment of a letter contains personal and business issues. Probably 13th century.
Formal letter from Yūsuf to someone he titles Sayyidnā al-Rayyis [...]. Mainly the address (in Arabic script) is preserved, along with a few words in …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom part only). The sender complains that no one except the addressee helps them. The addressee should help ʿAmmār Ibn Shamshūrī …
Letter from Aharon ha-Kohen b. Namir to ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Moshe. The writer informs the addressee that the item he expects is now on its …
Brief business letter from Nissim b. Hillel to Ibrāhīm b. Maḥfūẓ (=Avraham b. Shemarya? Or maybe the first name is Efrayim instead of Ibrāhīm). In …
Draft of the beginning of a Judaeo-Arabic letter to a judge. Dating: 12th or 13th century.
Letter in Hebrew. Probably late and related to the Kurdistani material in the rest of the HUC collection. Mentions "that idiot Moshe." Needs examination. NB: …
Letter. In Hebrew. Appeal for help, possibly from Eliyyahu ha-Kohen, the Palestinian Gaon, to the community of Alexandria. It includes a description of a dire …
Letter from Ibrāhīm, unknown location, to Ḥayya ha-Kohen the teacher, in Palermo ("al-madīna"), Sicily. The addressee is asked to deliver two tailored woolen mayzar covers, …