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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
The upper one at least is. a panegyric (madḥ) by al-Buḥturī: بَرقٌ أَضاءَ العَقيقُ مِن ضَرمِهِ....
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Trigger: addā. Registration mark - 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh bihi athiq', praise be to God in whom I trust.
One of the signatures is dated 17 Rabīʿ al-Ākhar 433/19 December 1041.
Small fragment of an Arabic letter or official report mentioning mawlāy al-amir. The ends of ~3 lines are preserved.
Book, ownership page, in Arabic script: "this is the copy of Abu al-hasan" in small Hebrew script: "This is what Shemarya b.
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In the upper margin and on verso there are jottings in Hebrew script (the words "al-mamlūk" and "from Tyre" appear).
Aden, ca. 1137–39 or 1145–49. Join: Alan Elbaum.
[A] Conventional opening of letter (lines 1–5).
[B] Arrival of imports from India and jettisoning of freight when attacked by pirates (lines 5–15)
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Some commodities include milk, almonds, chicken, meat, raisins, and herbs.
Only few items survived, all are commonly found in dowry lists. It is impossible to say if this list was a part of a ketuba, or a list for itself.
Probably a deed of gift of a house or part of a house in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ, granted by someone to his mother.
Dating: looks late, probably no earlier than 14th century. Mentions al-muʿallim Yaʿaqov several times; an epidemic (המגפה); and money.
Accounts in Arabic in the name of Yeshūʿa al-Yahūdī. Dated Muḥarram 1245 AH which is 1829 CE.
Wahb, written by Mīkhāʾil b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ. Dated: 11 Muḥarram 405. The verso is blank.
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Contains the taqbīl clause and mentions "al-mamlūk" twice. The text on verso reads as "min ahl hādihi l-mamla[ka]".
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. All that is preserved is an expression of pain or sympathy (וקד עלם אללה תעאלי מא נאלני מן אלאלאם).
Includes many biblical citations and refers to the prophet (al-sayyid) Eliyyahu. (Information in part from CUDL)
Legal fragment involving half of a house and Elazar who is known as Manṣūr al-Zajjāj. Needs examination. See T-S 13J3.13 (PGPID 7967) for a list of related documents.
The writer excuses his writing because he wrote this at night, "and my eye hardly sees in the daytime, let alone at night."
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C, fol.3 - State document, or a draft, in Arabic script. Four ʿalāmas written in a row with text written perpendicularly.
There are multiple fragments under this shelfmark, most likely all of two different documents. The first is accounts in Arabic script and the second is a literary text, probably from a text of Islamic jurisprudence.
There are three more unrelated documents in Arabic script under the same shelfmark; all need examination.
There are multiple fragments under this shelfmark. All are in Arabic script. Center left and center right - Two fragments of the same letter, the sender asks the addressee to purchase a female slave for him.
Two official documents, the first (22a) dated Tripoli, 15 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 884 H. [1480], the second (22b) dated 9 (?)
The recto was reused for Hebrew alphabetical practice.
Letter possibly sent to an aunt named Sitt al-Jamāl. The writer complains about not hearing from the addressee for a long time and expresses yearnings.
Draft of a resolution to appoint the cantor Abū Sahl Levi b. al-Ahuv after he distinguished himself during a period of trial.
Letter of condolence addressed to a certain Ḥemdat ha-Yeshiva, on the death of a woman (al-kabīra). Looks like the handwriting of Ḥalfon b.
Letter from Ibn Barukh, in Almeria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic.
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Verso (secondary use): Accounts in the hand of Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef mentioning al-ʿAfṣī and Ibn Nuṣayr. (Information from Goitein's notes and index card.)
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Eli (fl. 1066–1108 CE) about the bad behavior of his son Abu al-Ḥasan. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Letter from Sulaymān b. al-Mubārak (Shelomo b. Mevorakh) he-ḥazzan to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b.
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A letter to a notable, consisting almost entirely of blessings, some quite eloquent and in rhymed prose.
Entries include a copper vessel, a bath tub, and a female slave named Warda born into slavery (muwalladat al-jins). (Information from Goitein’s index card)
Mufaḍḍal declares that he owes a sum of money to Ṭāhir al-Naḥḥās b. M[...] and specifies the payment schedule.
Containing information on the dirham/dinar exchange rate. The name Abū l-ʿAlā appears a few times. (Information in part from Baker/Polliack catalog.)
Business letter in Arabic script to Abū l-Ḥusayn b. X b. al-Simsār (son of the broker), in Fustat, from his son.
Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1/2 raṭl of oxymel.
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Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of oxymel syrup.
Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of pomegranate oxymel.
Small fragment with accounting. "In the hand of al-Dayyān on Friday. . . five heads. . . ." (ביד אלדיאן יום אלגמעה ען טור(?)
Recto: communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly addressed to al-Maḥalla. Verso: Hebrew text with citations from several rabbinic sources, such as the Talmud.
Declaration made by a certain Ibn al-Marjānī (‘the coral merchant’). (Information mainly from CUDL)
State or legal document of some kind. There is an ʿalāma at the top. On verso there are 3 witness statements.
Verso: two names (Abū [...] and ʿOvadya, sons of al-Ḥalāl), probably senders of the letter. (Information from CUDL)
The writer appears to be requesting money as soon as possible and may have already asked for money from the cantor. ASE.
Dating: likely ca. 13th century. Mentions Mūsā al-Ṣay[rafī?], Sayyidnā, "not sleeping at night," and Cairo.
Deals with communal issues and mentions Ṭāhir b. al-Tinnīsiyya. On verso there are the remnants of a few words in Arabic script.
Commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning al-Maḥalla; the workers of the Ḥusayniyya (? עמאל אלחסיניה); purchasing things and bringing them to Fustat; and dinars and qirrāṭ.
Mentions 33.5 of something; "I opened my bundle"; the measure qinṭār; and Ibn al-Iskandaranī. (Information in part from CUDL)