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Literary. Beginning of a Qaraite treatise on the aviv (observation of the barley crop) and intercalation. By Yehuda Meir Rofe. Explains the difference between the …
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Draft(s) of legal document(s). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Mentions a woman named Mudallala and transactions involving property. Needs further examination.
Bifolio containing eclectic jottings including an account for the year 1466 Seleucid = 1154/55 CE and a crossed out draft or summary of a legal …
Fragment from the end of a contract, followed by a whole contract, both of which are between Avraham and Shalom and witnessed by the scribe …
Legal document(s) or perhaps formularies. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The one on recto refers to to "pelonit" instead of …
Recto: Document in Arabic script, probably a letter. Verso: Hebrew poetry.
Letter to Avraham Maimuni (ha-Nagid) from Yehuda Melammed b. Aharon ha-Rofe. Avraham Maimonides' years of service as Nagid support an inferred date range estimate of …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Recto: Two drafts of the opening of an Arabic petition from Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-ʿIzz al-Yahūdī to the sulṭān (possibly al-Malik al-Kāmil). Dating: ca. …
Dirges in Hebrew and one apparently in Ladino.
Letter to Araḥ b. Natan ha-Sar and the Seventh in the Congregation of Righteousness (השביעי בחבורת הצדק) (ca. beginning of the 12th century) thanking him …
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Draft of a letter to a dignitary (הפטיש החזק נר המערבי דגל הרבנים יחיד הדור נמשול), probably the Nagid, who would probably be Avraham Maimonides …
Fragment from the beginning of a letter to a dignitary. In Hebrew for the introduction, Judaeo-Arabic for the body, and Arabic for the address on …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Not much of the content remains. Probably from the circle of 13th century Mosul Nasis.
Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Advice on how to succeed against enemies, on a journey, etc. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
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Literary work. Dealing with court procedure, including the court notebook (shimmush) and its halakhic implications. Probably from Adab al-Quḍāh by Hayya b. Sherira Gaon or …
Letter (fragment) of which only the bottom section of the body and marginal portion of the text remains. In l. 15r one S[eñor] Curiel is …
Account, private, written by Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1061 CE. Nissim b. Ishaq, for whom the account was made, is probably ha-Tāhartī. Mentions silk …
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Letter fragment. Addressed to Fustat, to the alley of [...], to Abū l-Faḍāʾil al-Yahūdī.
Qur’an in Hebrew script. Suras 1 and 2:1-10 (folios 1v-2v). Followed by omens for undertaking a journey (see separate entry). F. 1r is blank apart …
Jeremiah 31:35–36. Above and between the two verses remains of a (legal?) text in faded ink are visible that include the words פרוטה and י״ב …
Homily. In Hebrew. Probably late. The text has been crossed through. Information from Baker/Polliack catalog.
Letter from Shemuʾel b. Yaʿaqov b. Shemuʾel to his teacher Avraham b. Ḥaggay. In Hebrew. With greetings for the high holidays and a request for …
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Illuminated map, probably, of the graves of Talmudic sages.
Pen trials*
IB VII, 31. Legal query to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) regarding a man who takes a 200 dinar loan and appoints his parents as …
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Petition to the Gaʾon Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen (in office 1127–39). Begins with six lines of Hebrew blessings, and ends with one line of Hebrew blessings. The …
Letter from ʿEli b. ʿAmram, in Fustat, to Yosef b. Shemuel ha-Nagid Ibn Naghrila, in Spain. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: c.1055 CE, as this …
Letter, fragmentary, conveying praises to the addressee(s) (male and female - וכל השרים והגבירות).
Verso: Account of payments to a physician (al-Rayyis) by five patients: Bū ʿAlī, Ibn Shahrīn or Shahrayn (a 2-month-old boy?), Muslim, Muḥsin, and Karīm. He …
Report of transactions, payments, and assets, mentioning a payment to patrolmen and customs, probably in Alexandria.
Document in Arabic on recto, possibly. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Legal testimony in Arabic script, in which someone declares that he longer owes any money to someone. One of the parties is named Abū l-Munā. …
Legal document (right side only) dated 1701/2 CE (5462 AM) involving Yosef Yedid and an orphan girl Sitt al-Bay[t] and payments on the order of …
Primary text: Accounts for Dā'ūd b. ʿAmmār b. ʿAzrūn for the year 443H (1051/52 CE). 68 lines spread over 2 pages. In Judaeo-Arabic. Nahray b. …
Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from CUDL)
Literary collection of Responsa, apperently Rabbi Shelomo b. Aderet.
Probably pen trials on a crumbled paper.
Recto (secondary use): Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment, left side only. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1361 Seleucid = 1049/50 CE. Signed [...] ha-Levi b. Yiṣḥaq and …
Receipt(s) for Abū Naṣr for the rent of his dwelling. In Arabic script. Very elaborate, with multiple sections on both recto and verso -- resembles …
Judaeo-Arabic poetry (zajal), with the refrain "Qūmū qiyāma..." Crude hand and spellings.
Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Mentions names such as Hibatallāh; Hiba Ṣabbāgh; Dāʾud; ṬĀhir and his brother; Abū l-Faḍl; Yaʿqūb; Ṭayyib.
Indirect textual witness to the Gzar-dina de-Yeshu (Toledot Yeshu, Harkavy-A in Bohak's edition, "Pilate" recension), containing an Aramaic narrative with close parallels to passages 6.6–6.11 …
Court notebook in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Fol. 2v: Three entries. Location: Fustat. All dated Tuesday, 17 Tammuz 1438 Seleucid = 28 …
Letter from the Nasi Zakkay b. Yedidyahu to the doctor Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen the doctor. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Consists of poetic praises and …
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Letter of appeal from a cantor to a certain Moshe ha-Sar who is in government service. The letter also addresses Ṣedaqa ha-Sar. He asks for …
Commercial accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The paleography supports a dating estimate of 16th- or 17th-century. The entry on the right side of the recto mentions a …
Letter sent from Gaza to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic.The sender heard a report that somebody "is praying in Qalyūb," maybe meaning that he is serving as …
IB IV, 51 (ח43). A letter from Ibn al-Fakhar to Halfon b. Netanel Halevi, asking for assistance and sending regards to R. Yosef Ibn Migash …
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Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Some unusual words (הרגד?() (Information from CUDL)