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  1. 51State documentBodl. MS heb. f 107/36

    State document, in Arabic script in a chancery hand. The beginnings of two lines are preserved: "wa-lammā uṭliqat al-[...]... wa-ʿalā kāfat al-mamālīk...." Reused for Hebrew …

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  2. 52Legal documentMoss. IXa,2.15

    Legal document written by a Muslim notary, bottom half only. Contains three witnesses' attestations, dated 562 (?). On verso, written in various directions, there are …

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  3. 53Literary textMoss. IXa,2.25–26

    Medical treatise, probably prescriptions. New sections begin with rubricated headings which are smudged and difficult to read.

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  4. 54Literary textMoss. IXa,2.27

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Small Arabic characters, in not a very legible script, maybe a prayer. Three bold and large lines read: حرر الى …

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  5. 55State documentMoss. IXa,2.1

    Document in a chancery hand, wide line spacing, parts of four lines preserved from somewhere toward the middle of the page top to bottom. Generous …

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  6. 56LetterMoss. IXa,2.3

    Possibly a letter (on verso: يا سيدي). But shape, layout and recto-verso similiarity suggest it may be a literary text. Washed and damaged, difficult to …

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  7. 57List or tableMoss. IXa,2.4

    Accounts in Arabic script. Substantial sums (10, 15, 25 dinars) expressed in word. Some names. ابو عبد الله (lower right) may have bought a book.

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  8. 58State documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/30

    Document in Arabic script, perhaps a state petition, beginning with "wa l-mamlūk yasʾal l-tawfīq" and mentions a wall "ṣūr"; reused for poetry in Judaeo-Arabic (see …

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  9. 59List or tableMoss. IXa,2.5

    List, with each line starting with the name of a judge or other distinguished person bearing titles ending in al-Dīn (so probably 12th century or …

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    1. والقاضي نور الدين علي بن ادريس [  ] توفي
    2. والقاضي الاجل عفيف الدين عبد الله بن الياس ....
    3. والـ  . . . . . . الاجل رشيد الدين شيد (؟) الراي (؟)

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  10. 60List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 505

    Accounts. Needs examination.

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  11. 61List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 506

    Accounts. Mentions fruits "apples" and "pomegranates". Needs examination.

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  12. 62LetterT-S Ar.39.490

    Letter addressed to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal, in Alexandria. Fragment (left side of recto). In Arabic script, in an eloquent style. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. …

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  13. 63Unknown typeMoss. VIII,158.1

    Document in Arabic script, probably something to do with agriculture and production. Needs examination.

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  14. 64LetterJRL Gaster ar. 344

    Fragment of a letter, in Arabic script on a crumbled paper. Mentions "بجمع الشمل بحضرة". Needs examination.

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  15. 65List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 346

    List or accounts, in Arabic script and numerals.

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  16. 66Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 341

    Medical text, in Arabic script. Begins with a basmala and new section "fī jumlat al-kalām ʿalā l-aʿḍā", mentions the four elements and the four humors. …

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  17. 67LetterJRL Gaster ar. 342

    Two letters, or draft of letters, in Arabic script. The name of the writer in the tarjama reads as Muḥammad al-Sayfī and apart from the …

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  18. 68List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 579

    Accounts. Mentions the sum "al-jumla". Needs examination.

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  19. 69Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 491

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  20. 70LetterMoss. IXa,2.1

    Letter fragment, last five lines plus three lines added in right margin. Bottom line of main text: وكتب عبدها بو مصري (؟). Written on the …

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  21. 71Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 497

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Start of different parts indicated with red ink, "قال القيراط". Needs examination.

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  22. 72List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 428

    Accounts. Needs examination. Unidentified text in Arabic on verso.

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  23. 73LetterAIU XII.26

    Small fragment of a formal Arabic letter or a state document mentioning "the diwan" (wa-ʿalayhi al-dīwān al-maʿ[mūr] and wa-suʾāl al-maml[ū]k).

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  24. 74LetterAIU XII.28

    Letter fragment in Arabic script, maybe official. Dating: looks Mamluk-era. Approximately 5 lines are preserved from the middle of a long rotulus. Needs examination.

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  25. 75State documentJRL Gaster ar. 485

    State document, probably, extremely fragmentary. The name of the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustanṣir is written "al-Mustanṣir Billah Amīr al-Muʾminīn."

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  26. 76LetterAIU XII.57

    Recto: The opening three lines of a state document or formal letter starting with a basmala and containing mainly honorifics. "al-ḥaḍra al-Sāmiyya al-Ajalliyya al-Shaykhiyya al-Najībiyya …

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  27. 77Literary textAIU XII.47

    Recto: Bifolio, mainly containing an Arabic literary text, probably a fable, beginning with "yā qawm ismaʿū maqālatī" and continuing with the promised proverbs, followed by …

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  28. 78Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 487

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script. "واستحق الرعاة قبل فاستهـ...."

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  29. 79Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 478

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Mentions Sassanian Kings "mulūk Fāris" and Jupiter "Mushtarī".

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  30. 80Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 479

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Beginning of new chapters marked in red ink. Mentions tongue and mouth.

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  31. 81State documentMoss. VIII,141.1

    State document, unidentified genre. The beginnings of six lines are preserved. Dating: mentions the year 421 AH, corresponding to 1030 CE. Possibly a record of …

    1. في جمدى الأول سنة احدى

    2. وذكر ذلك فورد التوقيع ا 

    3. سنة احدى وعشرين اربع مائة ا

    4. والقط (؟) الفرش (؟) الدراحـ[

    5. في ذلك الوقت عن (؟) صه(؟) و

    6. التو…

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  32. 82State documentT-S Ar.40.13

    State document, in Arabic script. Regarding the proceedings in the Office of Inspection in the province of al-Fayyūm. Abū Fatḥ Allāh Shawār b. Yūsuf, the …

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  33. 83State documentT-S NS 275.186

    State document, in Arabic script. Mentions a wazīr. The document was pruned and stuck at the bottom. Reused for a piyyut on verso and in …

    1. بما يمنه له ويجيد
    2. ومولاي الوزير الاجل
    3. الحمد لله وحده وصلى الله[على سيدنا محمد واله الطاهرين وسلم تسليما
    4. حسـ[بنا الله ونعم الوكيل

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  34. 84Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 658

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  35. 85Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 501

    Literary text. Needs examination.

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  36. 86Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 451

    Literary text, medical, in Arabic script. Mentions stomach. Needs examination.

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  37. 87Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 450

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  38. 88State documentJRL Gaster ar. 515

    State document, probably Fatimid, fragmentary. In Arabic script. "Al-mustakhdam bi l-ṣaʿīd(?)". The name of the official could be Munjiz al-Dawla. Merits further examination.

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  39. 89LetterJRL Gaster ar. 517

    Fragment of a letter, in Arabic script. Mentions Saturday and "Mawlāya al-Shaykh". Damaged and faded to glean any content. Needs examination. Verso - an official …

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  40. 90Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 349

    Literary text, probably astronomical, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  41. 91Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 659

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  42. 92State documentJRL Gaster ar. 452

    State document, chancery hand with elegant line spacing, in Arabic script. Mentions "mamlūkuhu" and "khidmatihi". Needs examination.

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  43. 93Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 456

    A few words in Arabic script with diacritical marks on both sides. Late. Mentions "al-zanb maghfūra".

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  44. 94Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 662

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script.

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  45. 95Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 653

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script.

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  46. 96List or tableT-S NS 324.112 + Moss. VII,157

    Verso: Two distinct text blocks in Arabic script. (1) The names of the months of the Coptic calendar. (2) Accounts, recording credits and debits and …

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  47. 97State documentBodl. MS Heb. d 74/19

    State document, fragment, one isolated line in Arabic script. "والذي ينهيه عبد مولانا امير المؤمنين". Reused on recto for Hebrew piyyuṭ, the prayer for rain …

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  48. 98Legal documentT-S AS 152.126

    Recto: Legal document, bottom part of the fragment, in Arabic script. The document is dated 533 AH and has the signatures of witnesses at the …

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  49. 99LetterJRL Gaster ar. 661

    Beginning of a letter or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Only basmala and a few words preserved.

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  50. 100Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 438

    Beginning of an Ismaʿīlī esoteric majlis, in Arabic script. Needs identification. Recto - Three lines in ornate floriated Kufic script, could be the title verso …

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