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Legal document in Hebrew. Dated in the final third of Adar II 5415 AM (1655 CE). Location: Cairo. Moshe Kolon returns a deposit of jewelry …
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Legal documents from 17th century Egypt, regarding a widow named Riqa (ריקא), the daughter of Ḥanan She'eltiel. The document on the verso is dated 3 …
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Deed of sale for a residential building and its upper-story apartment in the Jewish quarter of Cairo. Dated: in the first third of Nisan 542[4] …
Legal record (#5) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f.1v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Dated 12 Shevat …
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Legal record (#2) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f.1r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Dated in the …
Legal record (#3) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f.1r-v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Dated 12 Shevat …
Legal record (#4) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f.1v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Dated 12 Shevat …
Legal record (#1) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 1r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew with some …
Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday, 29 Tammuz 5437 AM = 29 July 1677 CE. Concerning the moneychanging (ṣarf) partnership between Eliyyahu b. …
Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Wednesday, 1 Tevet 5416 AM, which is 1655/56 CE. Marḥaba the widow of Elʿazar(?) leases the large līwān …
Accounts in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 1078 AH on the verso which is 1667/68 CE. Many of the entries mention the currency "kalb", which in …
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Letter from Abraham to Ṭurkiyya and his sister Masʿūda, concerning money. He sends greetings to his mother and to Aaron al-Ḡarbī. Mordechai sends greetings to …
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 from Shemuel b. Khalīfa, in Damascus, to Yosef Abū l-[...], in Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Perhaps ca. 17th century. Specifically Friday, Erev Rosh Ḥodesh …
Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated on the verso in the upper left corner Shawwal 1012 AH (March 1604 CE). The alphanumerical designation relies on …
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 20 Kislev 5422 AM, which is 1661 CE. Location: presumably Cairo, based on the witness signature of Barukh Rofe– a …
Letters in Ladino and Spanish reused for an index to the Teshuvot of the Rosh. ASE. Letter in Ladino on III.D.31 (3) of scan is …
Letter in Ladino in which most of the heading has been damaged but could indicate the year [5]419CE given that the latter two digits are …
10 pages of invoices (faturas) in Spanish. Dates spanning the years 5443-5444 AM (1682-1684CE). Very detailed. Requires further examination.
Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 20 Tishrei 5440 AM, which is 1679 CE. Concerning Yaʿaqov Re'uven who had employed Yaʿaqov Maṣliaḥ b. …
List of accounts in Ladino and western Arabic numerals dated at the opening of each entry, for example, 15 Shevat 5450 or 25 January 1690CE. …
Series of (copies of) letters sent from Hebron to Egypt, mainly asking for financial assistance. First half of the 17th century. Information from FGP.
Verso: Cover page of a book entitled: [...]תקון סדר[...] השכמת הקריה בלי. The work features an authorship inscription by Yiṣḥaq Beirab (b.?) Avraham. The cover …
Letter in Ladino to Shelomo Almanas or Almatango[?] on verso from Aharon ha-Kohen. Dated below signature Jumada I 1_78AH [?]. The most likely reading based …
Letter or monumental sign with a greeting text (ברוך אתה בבואך ברוך אתה בצאתך) with the name Shemuel Ashkenazi is listed in the first-person in …
Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 4 Av 5386 AM, which is 1626 CE. Concerning Malka/Milka bt. [...] Amarillo, the widow of the …
Legal testimony. Signed and scribed by Yaʿaqov Griyani. Also witnessed by Yiṣḥaq b. Binyamin b. Shoshin. Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday 3 Tishrei 5370 AM, which …
Legal testimony. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Wednesday 15 Tevet 5385 AM, which is 1624 CE. Witnesses: Masʿūd ʿAmram and Shelomo ʿAravit/ ʿAravib(?). They attest …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic dated as [Dhu] al-Qa'da 1013 AH which is 1605 CE: "אל קעדה ס[נת] יג ואלפ", further down the recto the year [5]364 …
Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Jerusalem. Dated: middle decade of Tammuz 5417 AM = June/July 1657 CE. Concerning a disputed inheritance. Yaʿaqov Esperiel (אישפריל) made …
Copy of a gift deed concerning properties that are part of the estate of the deceased Avraham Castro. The original gift deed was issued on …
Partnership agreement. Location: Cairo. Dated 1667/1668 CE (״חכתה״ = 5428) between Yaʿaqov ha-Levi and a certain Yosef and a certain Refa'el. This dating "חכתה" matches …
Late business/family letter in Hebrew from Shelomo Binyamin to his brother-in-law, also named Shelomo. He reports that ships from Messina and Ancona have arrived, but …
Legal document on vellum for the sale of properties in the Karaite quarter. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Final third of [Teve]t 5458 AM, which …
Karaite ketubba draft on recto and verso. The ketubba begins on the recto at line 6. Date: 23 Shevat 5414 AM (1654 CE). Location: Cairo. …
Karaite betrothal document. Date: 16 Tishrei 5445 AM (1684 CE). Location: Cairo. The previously unmarried bride is Hana bt. Moshe b. Shalom ha-Levi and the …
Karaite betrothal document. Date: Nisan 16 Nisan 5433 AM (1673 CE). Location: Cairo. The previously unmarried bride is Farj bt. Yeshūʿa b. Yiṣḥaq and the …
Settlement of a dispute (mutual release) between Barukh Nasi b. Eliʿezer Nasi the Qaraite (מבני מקרא) and Shabbetay b. Mordekhay Shabbat the Rabbanite (מבני משנה). …
Copy of a Karaite ketubah. Dated 8 Adar 5400 AM (1640 CE).
Legal document, Qaraite. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Sunday, 15 Iyyar 5418 AM, which is 1658 CE. Involves Aharon Rofe Rosh Mishmarah b. Elʿazar ____[?] ha-Ḥazzan …
Karaite documents on bifolium regarding ownership of real estate shares in a house and a shop. Dated in the first document as Monday, Iyyar 2nd, …
Legal document. Dated: Friday 12 Shevat 5407 AM, which is 1647 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic. A woman named Khāṣṣ bt. Shelomo Levi Somekh, the widow of …
Karaite partnership dissolution agreement between two men who had been running a shop (דכאן) together. Dated Sunday 22nd Nisan 5441 AM (1681 CE). The two …
Unsigned Karaite bill of debt, possibly a draft given the reusage of the recto for a liturgical(?) text. Dated Friday 4 Nisan 5403 AM (1643 …
Karaite agreement regarding a payment for two apartments (תבקתין) in a house. Date: 27 Shevat 5446 AM (1686 CE). ʿOvadya Feyruz receives a payment of …
Karaite document corroborating (יאייד=يؤيد) the terms an earlier legal deed that had been issued in the beit din at the Dār Simḥa Synagogue. Dated 2 …
Karaite bill of release, mentions Farja[llah] Ḥakim ben Mordekhay Ḥakim and Elʾazar Rofe.
44 pages, some of which are instructions for kabbalistic kavanot, some of which are a Sabbatean tract (see especially pp.15–16, 19–22, and 25–27 = 8r–8v, …
Two different fragments. First fragment: An abridgement of some of the dietary and lifestyle advice from Chapter 4 of the Hebrew plague treatise "Moshiaʿ Ḥosim" …