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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Mainly for foodstuffs: eggplant, coriander, mulūkhiyya, chickpeas, etc. A certain Shelomo Sholāl is mentioned in the first row of entries on …
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Several notes in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1213–37 CE, as Avraham Maimonides is referred to as the Nagid. Either a letter or legal jottings, but in any …
Non-Geniza. Merchant's notebook in Yiddish. 19th century. Nearly 100 pages. Information from NLI.
Entry in court notebook (#54). Prescription. Recipe for preparation of an ointment consisting of powdered litharge (martak masḥūq); calf suet (shaḥm kulā ʿijl); aged, fine …
[[יוכד שחם אלכלי]]
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Verso: Court records (shimmush). Three entries. In the hand of (and signed by) Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. Dated: Elul 1441 and Tishrei 1442 Seleucid, which …
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Unidentified document(s) in Arabic. Very difficult to read. The lines on recto may each be repeated twice (writing practice?). Verso is more like a list …
Possibly a fragment of a late letter in Hebrew, and maybe some Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.
Legal record (#86) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on ff. 29v-30r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 28 Heshvan 5325 …
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Bifolio from a ledger of business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Commodities include: camphor, civet, cardamom, clove, wood, brazilwood, and …
Accounts listed in a daily format with a variety of names and weights of commodities (by the raṭl). The names of individuals listed include: Yosef …
Beginning of a letter from a certain Abū l-Faraj to "the judge" (perhaps Eliyyahu the Judge). Dating: ca. early 13th century. Opening with blessings and …
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Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, in Qalyub, to family members in Fustat. He inquires briefly about commercial dealings before insisting that there is no …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: Late. Among many other entries: soap: 1/4... fennel: 1/2 raṭl... cumin: 1 qadaḥ. (Information from Goitein’s index card.)
Letter describing two meetings with physicians. At least part of the letter is addressed to the sender's mother. The first meeting was a visit to …
Literary text, fragmentary, probably medical, in Arabic script. Mentions spleen "tiḥāl".
Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, likely 11th century.
Document in Arabic script. State? Refers to al-Qāḍī al-Ajall. Needs examination.
Instructions for the halakha/etiquette of comporting oneself during the ʿamida, including for eventualities such as needing to cough or urinate or developing a nosebleed. In …
Recto: Two lines of a Judaeo-Arabic letter perhaps to a community (al-jamāʿa al-sāda) with wide space between the lines. Verso: Literary work citing biblical verses.
Fragment of an Arabic translation of a Greek ethical treatise of unknown authorship published by A.R. Badawi as “Maqāla fī al-madkhal ilā ʿilm al-akhlāq” in …
Unidentified text in Arabic script, headed by a basmala.
Legal document in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). Fragment (right side only). Aharon b. Fuhayd ha-Levi sues [...] b. Yiṣḥaq. There …
Late document in Judaeo-Arabic addressed Karo y Frances & Company (see tag). There does not appear to be an actual letter left, but Page 1 …
Fol. 1v: Booklist mentioning a Torah and a Targum, sheʾiltot of R. Aḥa, responsa and treatises by Hayya Gaʾon, a Bible commentary by Ibn Sarjado, …
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Three lines in Arabic script, perhaps a draft of a letter or petition. From a certain Manṣūr to the amir Saʿd al-Mulk Naṣr al-Dawla(?) Fakhr …
An ethical treatise, in a personal tone (yā akhī...), about fulfilling the religious duties
Letter or letters, possibly. In Hebrew.
Recto is a long piyyuṭ. Verso contains an extremely faded text block in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly documentary. At 180 degrees to this there are some names, …
Partnership release. Dated: 1091. Location: Fustat. Verso: Avraham b. Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen irreversibly releases Abū l-Faḍl/Abū l-Mufaḍḍal Netanʾel b. Yefet from any obligations concerning a partnership. …
Fragment of a ketubba. In the handwriting of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–38), from the period of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). Bride: [...] bt. Natan. On …
Lower fragment, verso: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Excerpts: מע האדי אלכתאב . . . ותשהד בלקצייה וקד חצלנא שא . . . מן אללה ומנך …
Letter addressed to ʿAmram. In Hebrew. Dating: Probably no earlier than 16th century. Shemuel b. Sīd(?) is mentioned in the first line. Very faded.
Letter from Avraham b. Natan, in Fustat, to Yeshuʿa b. Ismaʿīl, in Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. Yeshuʿa is in Alexandria probably to welcome a …
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Commentary on Psalms 101; translation of Psalms 102:1-29, followed by commentary, quoting Jeremiah 17:6. (Information from CUDL.)
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Recto: note in Hebrew from a certain Evyatar, who says he followed the order to come to a certain place, and he came this morning …
Opening of a letter in poetic Hebrew to Ya'aqov b. Binyamin.
Literary work in Arabic script. Jottings in the margin in an unclear notation.
"The first document is a letter (lacking, however, a few lines at the end) that was sent by an anonymous merchant to R. David Ibn …
Small fragment from the bottom of a kettubah signed by [...] b. Avraham Aluf.
Recto (secondary use): Hebrew formulary of an acknowledgment of a debt. Dated to the 11th century. (Information from Goitein's index cards.)
Accounts, possibly fiscal.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is conveying a first-person narrative about leading prayer services on Rosh Hashana. On verso there is Hebrew alphabet practice.
Recto: Judaeo-Arabic letter, mentioning Abū Sahl and books, including Kitāb al-Madkhal (of Shemuel b. Hofni) and Halakhot Gedolot. Very faded. Information from FGP. Needs further …
Verso: tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on a dyeworks (maṣbagha) in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Undated. The date on the receipt, …
Amulet in purple and yellow ink. Very late. Ashkenazi hand.
Bill of divorce (get). Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 25 Sivan 1459 Seleucid, which is 1148 CE. Husband: Yosef b. ʿAbdallāh. Wife: Kala bt. Abū Saʿīd. …
Informal note/order addressed to Abū Saʿīd (al-ʿAfṣī?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Giving him an instruction concerning the cup/jug (kūz) of mercury that is with the bearer of …
Minute fragment from a ketubba, contains remnants of the dowry list. AA