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Letter to Abū l-Faraj [...] Yaʿaqov b. David, Fusṭāṭ. In a calligraphic Hebrew opening with a poem. Fragment of the beginning. The address on verso …
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Legal document: acknowledgment (ʾiqrār) written for or by Avraham Ibn Yijū. Dated: 22 Rabīʿ I 548 AH (17 June 1153 CE), after his return to …
. . . . . . . . . .] . . . . . ا . . . له بني ادم له ما لهم وعليه ما عليهم لم يشترط عليه مالا ولم يجتعل عـليه
جعلا واقر ان اخاه بو البشر بن بو ا…
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Letter, possibly a draft, mentioning Manṣūr b. [...]; al-Najīb; the 28th of Iyyar; traveling and setting sail. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter from Abū l-Faraj b. Ma[ṣliaḥ?]. Addressed to Fustat (אלא מצר חמאה תע). None of the content is preserved.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
A page of instructions for harming an enemy through magical/kabbalistic means, including with the 72-letter name of God.
Outline/summary of a power of attorney. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? The agent: Abū l-Walīd known as Ibn ראנה (Rānih?); the one appointing …
Recto: Short genealogical list of the Ghuzūlī family and another family.
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Legal fragment. Power of attorney mentioning Ibn al-Dimyāṭī, Ibn al-Kuwayyis (see PGPID 9675), Abū l-Munajjā, Ibn Sālim al-Ṣayrafī the perfumer (al-ʿAṭṭār) in zuqāq al-qanādīl, Abū …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Hiba b. Khalaf in Fustat. Dated: 503 or 530 AH.
Legal document of some sort. Only the bottom part is preserved, which includes praises for the Nagid Sar ha-Shalom (or at least a Nagid with …
Letter from Nahray b. Natan b. Nahray to Abū l-Faḍl b. Yosef b. David (or rather: Qarawī?). In Judaeo-Arabic. He acknowledges receipt of a letter …
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Two drafts of the same letter to the "holy congregation" about Yosef Saftawi (trader in "safta," it seems an Indian spice) who had been given …
One line from a state document, possibly a decree, praising somebody: وابائه(؟) خير(؟) جميل الراي فيك وما عهد من استيقاف(؟) مقاصدك ومساعيك. Reused for a …
Recto: Legal document, possibly a court record. Regarding an engagement (shiddukhin). Fiance: Yefet b. Binyamin b. Refaʾel ha-Levi ha-Talmid. Fiancee: Fāḍila bt. Bū l-Khayr Binyamin …
Brief note from Abu l-Rida to Abu Zikri. The writer will send what belongs to Abu Zikri with the shaykh Abu Ali. Salutations on verso …
Short note from ʿAmram to his father. Dating: ca. 16th century. (Information from CUDL.)
Fragments of a literary text, in a beautiful book hand. Refers to a book but the name is cut-off in the lacunae. Refers to two …
Letter from a certain Yūsuf, in an unknown location, to Abū Isḥāq and Abū [Rabī?]ʿ, in Fustat, behind the mosque. The letter is in Judaeo-Arabic …
Legal or state document, probably financial or fiscal. In Arabic script. After the basmala and the month of Ramaḍān: "[...] in the name of Jurayj(?) …
Petition addressed to a Jewish dignitary. Dating unknown. The document is mainly in Arabic script but interspersed with biblical quotations and phrases in Hebrew. The …
Legal document, draft. Settlement concerning a house in which a man, a woman, and the government had shares. Dating: ca. 1230 CE. (Information from Goitein's …
Fragment of a legal document in Arabic script. Mentions a shop (ḥānūt), dyeing, and a period of 6 months (a lease?).
Accounts and lists in a register (FGP)
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Many names listed.
Part of a ketubba for a certain Mubāraka (bride). (Information from CUDL.) Dated: [..]18, possibly [13]18 Seleucid = 1006/07 CE.
Letter fragment to a brother conveying good wishes. The addressee is apparently an accomplished cantor and had studied with a notable and "his brother the …
12 pages of astrological/medical prognostications—horoscopes for male and female. E.g., "Mazal sarṭan lineqeva. La ke su mazal es en sartan sera fermosa de forma y …
Marriage document. Long a narrow fragment from the left side of a ketubba, with only a few words surviving. The hand is by Mevorakh b. …
Business letter from Mukhtār b. Yaʿaqov sent to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions previous correspondence and different business matters, and names such as Abū …
Possibly a receipt.
Letter from Ya’aqov b. Salman al-Hariri, from Rashid, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1060. The writer describes what he has been through while he …
[כתאבי] יאסידי [ומולאי] אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה וצרף אלאסוא ענה מן
[אל]רשיד לי בקין מן טבת ען חאל סלאמה פי אלגסם ושגל אן פי אלס…
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Order of payment addressed to Abū Saʿd b. [...].
State document. In Arabic script. Refers to iqṭāʿ throughout, at least four times. One of the mentions is probably referring to an iqṭāʿ in the …
Letter fragment from ʿOvadya to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Faraj; asks the addressee to help al-Shaykh al-Rashīd in some legal dispute on …
Recto: Unidentified text in Hebrew script. Verso: Faded and damaged documentary fragment mentioning al-Ramla and "to Egypt" and "Adonenu." Dating: likely 11th century. Needs further …
Unidentified text in Arabic, probably a letter or other document. On verso there are probably accounts.
Medical treatise in Arabic script. Lovely handwriting. Including prescriptions for hair loss and instructions for a recipe based on almond oil.
Dowry list. Bride: Jamīla bt. Meʾir. Groom: Netanʾel b. Moshe. The early marriage gift is 10 dinars. Dated: 1169 CE(?).
Two fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic The first three lines are mostly preserved. The sender refers to a prior letter addressed to al-Mumḥe, concerning …
minute fragments. One small fragment with few Arabic words.
Verso: Fatimid state document preserving part of one line, including the word يستخرج.
Recto: Arabic poetry transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic (helpfully headed "this is poetry"). Verso: An obscure incantation (?) in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs further examination. ASE.
Letter. Postscript to a letter addressed to the Nasi Shelomo by the scion of the house of David in Mosul who also wrote Bodl. MS …
Letter written by [Joseph b.] Elʿazar in Palestine, mentioning various individuals including Abū l-Faraji, Elʿazar the doctor, Joseph the doctor, ʿAbd al-Karam, Sulayman b. ʿAbd …
Legal fragment. In Hebrew. This is a small piece from the bottom (includes the phrase בנימוסי מלכותה). Signed by [...]n b. Yaʿaqov.
Recto: possibly a responsum explaining why a certain person can never be released from a certain vow. Verso: remnants of a list of names in …
List of commodities and amounts, all are crossed out - needs examination.
Partnership agreement. Mentioning 30 dirhams and dated to the 1st decade of the month [... of the year] 1490 Sel. (= 1178/79 CE). Mentions [...] …