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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
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Document in Arabic script, perhaps a state petition, beginning with "wa l-mamlūk yasʾal l-tawfīq" and mentions a wall "ṣūr"; reused for poetry in Judaeo-Arabic (see …
Minute fragment of text in Hebrew, possibly recorded on vellum. The recto and verso are in different scribal hands. Recto mentions a fast, and verso …
Legal document. In Hebrew: Location: Damietta (קפוטקייא). Dated: Beginning of Sivan 5488 AM, which is May 1728 CE. Concerning the inheritance arrangements upon the death …
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Accounts. Three pages. See also ENA 3770.7. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
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Letter addressed to Shelomo ha-Sar known Saniyy al-Dawla wa-Amīnuhā. Consists solely of flattery and praises, perhaps a letter of gratitude for some benefaction.
Document in Arabic, possibly. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Accounts in Arabic, medieval-era. Probably recycled from the same document as the neighboring shelfmark ENA 2954.6.
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Mentions dirhams and the phrase "fa-lam yataḥaṣṣal."
Letter sent from Alexandria by Zikrī b. Ḥananʾel to ʿArūs b. Yosef in Fustat. It is a copy of a previous letter informing the recipient …
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Fragment of a letter from Isma’il b. Barhun al-Tāhartī from Mahdiyya, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal in Fustat. Mentions some information about the Sultan …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late (uses the currency cedid). Mentions tailoring (khiyāṭa). The primary text on this fragment is an exegetical work in Hebrew.
Elaborate Arabic calligraphy and designs in red and black ink (block print?), along with additional text (all poetry?) in Arabic script, Judaeo-Arabic, and Hebrew (on …
Accounts in a medieval-era scribal hand on recto. The verso was used for a student's writing exercises in Hebrew script and Tiberian voweling. The shelfmarks …
Letter from Shemuel b. Yehuda ha-Bavli, in Alexandria, to a notable, in Fustat. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1130s CE. Concerning the withholding of money …
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda, concerning a dispute, an excommunication of "this wicked man", greetings to the communcal leaders etc. According to Gil it dates …
Minute fragment, only two names are visible: Abū Naṣr and Abū l-Barakāt. The context and the type of document are not clear.
Recto: Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. With several expressions of deference and petition-like language. Might be a request for a loan of 2 dinars …
Bifolio containing poetry in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. The Judaeo-Arabic verse seems to be making fun of an amir and may contain a mathematical puzzle or …
Recto: late letter in Hebrew by Yehuda Leib Efendi to a respected person. Some geomancy markings at bottom left. Verso: Astrological diagram.
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. This may have been appended to a letter written on a separate sheet. "After I had already written this letter, your letter …
Small fragment from a letter, probably in the hand of Shemuel b. Yaʿaqov ha-Ṣarfati (the French). AA
Bifolio of commercial accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Many details preserved but difficult to read. Needs further examination.
Legal fragment, with release formulae. The party mentioned is Sitt [...].
Accounts in Ladino. Resembles T-S AS 153.80.
Deed of sale of an enslaved woman named Shaʿal (or Shuʿl or Shuʿal). Written in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Dated: Last third of …
Scroll, textual amulet with figures. Oversize. NB: Michaelides 40 corresponds to image #44 at https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9945255593506421.
Fragment of a Fatimid official report, apparently referring to plunder taken from Crusaders. Wide line spacing. The end of one line is preserved: "[...] two …
Recto: Upper right corner of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably addressed to Bū l-Futuḥ. Needs examination for content. Verso: Letter from a certain Futūḥ, likely …
A list of at least 42 books of poetry, all called Dīwān or prefaced "min shiʿr [X]." In Arabic script. Poets named include: Ṭarafa, ʿAntara, …
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Verso (original use): Fragment of a petition/letter of appeal for charity. In Arabic script. On recto, in a different hand, there is a slightly misquoted …
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Persian. Mentioning Abū al-ʿAlā (בולעלא), Mihrōy/Mihrwayh (מהרוי) and "the daughter of Reuben the draper" (דוכתר ראובן יבזאז). The letter is …
Recto: Fragment of a letter in a chancery hand; official correspondence? May mention al-faqiḥ al-wakīl ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥusayn. Verso: Fragment of a …
Verso: Petition fragment in Arabic script. Four lines are partially preserved. The petitioners are requesting something to do with the qaṭīʿa and iqṭāʿ system, probably …
4 pages of geomancy divinations, in which the questions are given (e.g. How high will the Nile be, and will produce be cheap or expensive? …
Verso: Fatimid decree fragment. Three words preserved. (MR)
Fragment of a ketubba. In the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi. After 1176 based on the appearance of the Immersion stipulation.
Medicine: The letter of Ibn Butlan to Ibn Ridwan. Before the letter there is another medical tratise.
Unidentified text, in Arabic script.
Recto: Letter in the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli. In Judaeo-Arabic. Presumably addressed to Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, Ṭoviyya's main correspondent and the person who …
Marriage contract (ketubba) probably from Tyre, 1089-1099.
Report or petition in Arabic script. ~7 lines preserved, wide space between the lines. Striking handwriting; the tail of the فی (or perhaps فيه) goes …
Recto: Draft of a letter from Fustat to Daniel b. Azarya, concerning "tarima" - a room or apartment, made of wood, that was added to …
State document. Dated: Jumādā I 524. There are registration marks/notes at the top. Looks very interesting, possibly mentioning taxation, Ibrāhīm al-Armanī, "the sect of the …
Fiscal document, top and bottom missing. Refers to kharāj payments for the year 437 kharājī (about five lines up from the bottom of the page); …
Letter from someone possibly named Yaʿqūb addressed to a physician. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are two lines in Arabic script on verso, apparently lines of poetry …
Recto (secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Yūsuf to his 'brother.' Some colloquial spellings (e.g. יתפע instead of ידפע). The writer reports that he obtained …