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Bill of divorce given by Ya'ir b. David, known as Ibn Sulimān, to his wife Sitt al-Naẓar bnt. Moshe. Fusṭāṭ, Monday 5th of Shevat 1456 …
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11 minute fragments (paper), of which two are parts of an order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen, mentioning Abū l-Faraj (row 1, nos 2-3), …
First two lines of a letter in Arabic script.
State document, in Arabic script. Mentions an iqṭāʿ and kharāj. Dating: most likely Ayyubid due to the mention of "ṭawāshī", most probably meaning a military …
Three or four drafts of poems in Judaeo-Arabic. The poem on recto is the most polished and is headed "ʿalā [...] ha-ereṣ ha-meyuḥedet," which could …
IB IV, 8 (ח9). Legal testimony. Location: Aden. Dating: ca. summer 1131 CE. Fragment (upper right corner). The handwriting is very similar to that of …
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Letter from Araḥ b. Natan, also known as Musāfir b. Wahb, in Fuwwa, to his brother Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. Natan (Wahb) the Seventh, probably …
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Legal document. Location: Minyat Zifta. Dated: First third of Av 1465 Seleucid = July 1154 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. …
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Astrological composition in Judaeo-Arabic, in both black ink and red ink.
Fragment of a prenuptial agreement. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Few details preserved.
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Letter from a man to his son. In Arabic script. The address is rubbed out, although the word thaghr is still legible (unless this is …
Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning sums of money. T-S AS 182.214 and T-S AS 182.215 may belong together.
Bifolio containing on two pages a draft or copy of a Judaeo-Arabic letter partially about legal matters, and on the other two pages an unidentified …
Legal formulary. In Hebrew and Aramaic. Dating: Unknown. Catalogued as 12th or 13th century, but unclear on what basis.
Literary. Talmudic commentary in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Rav Hayya.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Treatise in Ladino. Possibly medical.
Letter from a Tāhartī in al-Mahdiyya to her brother Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī in Fustat, reporting about the family members in al-Mahdiyya and mentioning his …
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Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. A note on verso: 'qabaḍtu min al-shaykh Abū l-Ṭāhir al-yahūdī naqqād . . . . thamāniya arṭāl. . …
Accounts in Arabic script. Mentioning the profession 'ṭabbākh' (sugar refiner?) several times and 'khayyāṭ' (tailor) once.
Letter from the cantor Musāfir b. Yosef ha-Bavli, in Alexandria, to his relative Yehuda the schoolteacher in the Iraqi synagogue of Fustat. Musāfir writes he …
Recto: Report or official correspondence, possibly. In Arabic script. Wide space between the lines. The ends of 5 lines are preserved. Mentions "the great resolution" …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Good chance of finding a join or other fragments in the hand of the same scribe. Mentions Barakāt Ibn al-Ḥazzan. Gives at …
Alphabetized list of contributors and their payments toward the communal kosher meat tax (gabela) in the month of Elul (Raḥamīm). The dating is likely 19th-century …
Probably a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, but too faded to read. Phrases: פי אלסבת . . . עלי הדה אלמדינה . . . פלמא . . …
Verso: responsum in the hand of Abū Naṣr Ibn al-Ṭabīb quoting Isaac al-Fāsī (1013-1103), and R”I Migash, and referring to Maimonides in the blessing for …
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Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Includes the intriguing instructions: "Please go to . . . [and find] the female slave named Ḥidhq and greet her …
Verso: List of names and numbers in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Probably a contributions list. E.g., Bū l-Manṣūr al-Sadīd, Bū l-Ḥasan b. ʿImrān(?), al-ʿAmīd, …
Qaraite miscellany. Dating: ca. 19th century. Images not on FGP but available at https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=or_2538_f001r. The following information is from the BL catalog: Fols 1r-41v: Author: …
Geomancy manual.
Letter from Yosef b. Labrāṭ al-Fāsī (identified on the basis of the handwriting), probably writing from Qayrawān, to Yaʿaqov b. Yosef Ibn ʿAwkal. Refers to …
Several lines from the top of a deferential letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic.
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances & Company. A Yehezqel Ḥefeẓ is mentioned in the last couple lines.
List in Judaeo-Arabic, badly damaged. Medieval-era. One of the entries is "blacksmith" (חדאד). Requires further examination.
Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably to one of his brothers. Fragment (a piece from the right side of recto). The addressee …
Instruction to Abū l-Bishr to deliver to ʿOvadya b. Shelomo ha-Kohen all that had been deposited with the court for him, after his 3 elder …
F.1: calendrical reckoning for the years 1018–19 and 1019–20 CE. F.2: legal documents. Recto: document, mentioning Abū Abraham Ismaʿīl b. Ṭalyon, Maḵlūf b. Mūsā and …
Mostly blank, but part of one line in Arabic script remains. The word saʿīd may appear. late.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Expenses for construction and repairs; mentioning a carpenter several times. Hand of Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya (early 11th century).
Autograph letter from Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) to his "dear son" (i.e., congenial pupil) Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Avraham excuses his absence from a student's …
Letter from a father to a son. On vellum. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. This fragment opens with updates on the health of various …
Legal document. Court record (copy). This document concerns the settlement of an account between Abū al-Mufaḍḍal Netanel b. Yefet and Abū al-Ḥasan Ṭoviyya b. Avraham …
Letter by Menashshe b. Moshe to Rabbi Eli b. Mevorakh, probably sent from Sicily to Egypt. The writer orders some clothing and mentions Abu al-Bishr …
List of the members of "the house of al-Kohen [...]." On recto there are also a few lines of accounting in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and some Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions items such as galangal (khalanjān), applicators (marāwid), vessels (barānī), aflāj(?), locks (aqfāl), and maqṭaʿ cloths. Mentions people …
Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Written by the jahbadh Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ. Dated: …
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Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: someone called Rabbenu; a request to thank al-Shaykh al-Thiqa on the sender's behalf; telling the addressee to be …
Legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: 13 Shevat 5501 AM, which is 1741 CE. Scribed and signed by Eliyyahu Rofe Ḥazan known as Ẓaʿir/Ṣaʿir. The document …