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Minute fragment from an opening of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)
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Accounting of the Qodesh. Ca. 1222-23.
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The 'brother's' ship is still by the lighthouse (manāra) and has not yet sailed because the wind is blowing westward. Mentions a …
Lower fragment: Fragment of a letter to Nahray b. Nissim mentioning Yusuf and Abu al-Ḥasan. The city of Tarablus (Tripoli) is referred to twice. EMS …
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Left part of a letter from Nahray b. Nissim, who also wrote the letter enquiring about commercial matters and conveying greetings. Ca. 1055. Description from …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Psalms 34:14-23 with a חזק at the end. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī.
Literary text with an ownership note: this belongs to Yeshuʿa b. Tiqva.
Recto and verso are both late family letters in Judaeo-Arabic by the same writer, perhaps to different recipients. The writer goes into great detail about …
Beginning of an informal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. It reads, "They sent (or: send) the little paper for al-Shaykh al-Asʿad al-Levi the cantor, the son of …
Small fragment from the opening of a letter written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–1138 CE) containing greetings for Masliah Gaon, probably for his appointment …
Official-looking accounts in Arabic script. Some numbers are written out in full and others in Greek/Coptic numerals. Verso looks like a private reuse and includes …
Order for goods. From Abū Zikrī Kohen. Khalīl is to deliver 3 ounces of soap (ṣābūn).
Minute fragment from the bottom of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138). Signed by [...] Hakohen b. Halfon.
Faded fragment of a letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi. The first letters of ~16 lines are preserved along with the one-line …
Gift deed draft with an addendum on the verso. Location: Istanbul (קושטנדינה). Dated: Nisan 5401 AM, which is March/April 1641 CE. The citation of ha-Rashb''a, …
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Miscellany containing formularies for excommunication (invoking the Shem ha-Meforash) on 74/70v, flowery rhymes for letter openings, etc. On 74/72r a copy of letter of interest …
Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). With Arabic jottings in the margin. (Information in part …
IB IV, 6-7 (ח7). Copy of a court record from Aden. Dating: Summer 1131 CE. Concerning a controversy over Jewish communal leadership in Yemen. Goitein …
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Verso: List of sums of money related to properties in the communal qodesh Fusṭāṭ, with a variety of names: Hillel b. Moshe, Avraham b. Pinḥas, …
Small fragment with some Judaeo-Arabic text (lā man tawallā. . ."). Unidentified.
Draft of a legal document written on a long vertical strip of parchment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Describing a …
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The following sale was effected with one hand clasp: 6 ⅔ out of 24 common, undivided shares in the old building consisting of t…
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Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Headed [...] al-Ṣayrafī. Needs examination.
Fiscal document, probably. Entries in multiple hands, some of them beginning with ṣaḥḥa, some of them mentioning a mablagh (sum) of money.
Two fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the text in the right margin, is preserved, containing expressions of condolence apparently on the death of …
Small fragment of an Arabic document. A few words preserved on two lines.
9 queries sent from Yemen to Yehoshuaʿ ha-Nagid (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE) regarding Maimonides' Mishne Torah. Published Glick, Seride Teshuvot: A Descriptive Catalogue of Responsa. …
Torn fragment of a legal deed.
Accounts. In Arabic script. Dated 6 Jumada I [12]35 AH which is 1820 CE. One of the entries toward the middle of the document mentions …
Might be from a memorial list, the names Saadya and Ovadya are mentioned.
A curious fragment of a late calligraphic legal document (though the date does not survive), appointing Avraham b. [...] Ashkenazi as someone's agent for some …
Commercial letter, probably sent from Alexandria to Fustat. The addressee is Abū ʿImrān Mūsā, possibly Moshe b. Abū l-Ḥayy Khalīla. Dating: ca. 1100 CE. The …
Court record from 1015 concerning a woman in Ramla appointing a representative to sue her Damascene husband who had disappeared two years earlier without leaving …
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Communal list (record #19) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 7v-8r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Undated, but surrounding …
An agreement between the bride's mother (called "al-khāṭiba") and a groom-to-be for cancellation of the engagement. She returns to him 5 dinars. In the hand …
Pen trial consisting of three basmala
Fragment of a document in Arabic script. Likely a deed of sale (. . . fī hādhā l-bayʿ. . .).
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Peraḥya b. Menashshe. Fragment (upper left corner). Only the opening greetings are preserved.
Rental contract for shares in a shop for a period of one year. Dated: beginning of Jumada II 636 AH = January 1239 CE. Needs …
Two unidentified Arabic documents. The lefthand one looks late.
Letter in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE), apparently a draft. Contains rhymed praises and addresses, among others, Abraham the teacher. It …
Legal discussion or commentary in Arabic script, citing biblical verses and phrases in the original Hebrew language but in Arabic script (e.g., בנות צלפחד on …
Legal document(s) or letter(s) concerning a legal case. Both sides—one in Arabic script, one in Judaeo-Arabic—are first-person declarations about the details of some financial case …
Unidentified, only few words are visible
Recto: Bill of release. In Hebrew. Granted by Aharon b. [...] to [...] b. Mevorakh ha-Shulḥani (the banker), upon receipt of 7 dinars, somehow related …
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