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Business letter from a father, probably in Alexandria, to a son, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Dating: Looks 12th century, but this is a …
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Accounts of the bookseller. People mentioned: Bū Manṣūr Ibn al-Daqqāq, Ibn al-Muẓaffar, Bū l-Fakhr al-Ṭabīb, and Shelomo. See also the description for the whole notebook …
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Letter from Shemuel b. Moshe, Tyre, to Eli b. Amram, Fustat, approximately 1050.
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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 …
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Lined piece of paper filled with Judaeo-Arabic letters or language from letters or formularies for letters (one contains "fulan" instead of names). The honorific khawaja …
Ink recipes of various colours. In Arabic script. One uses red anemones (shaqā'iq al-nuʿmān, Anemone coronaria). This work may be derivative of عمدة الكتّاب وعدة …
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Letter from Herzl to Doctor M.I. Bodenheimer about their negotiations with von Richthofen – 1899CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 245) – in …
Court record in the handwriting of Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dated: Thursday, 21 Ṭevet 1357 = 2 January January 1046 CE. Manṣūr b. Mukhtar and his …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter from a father living in the countryside to his son's grandmother residing in Fustat. The father expresses his concerns that bad company is leading …
Unidentified text in Arabic script, likely literary.
Hebrew poetry in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. Mentions Yefet Rosh Qehillot, Avraham Sar [...], Yiṣḥaq, Yehuda, and Moshe. Perhaps a poem of gratitude …
Probably a medical prescription. In Arabic script.
Personal letter for Yeḥiʾel al-Qahlānī [from Yosef b. Shalom Siman] – 28 Kislev __96 [first two digits illegible on document] – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum …
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Recipe written on a spare piece of parchment. Simples included are for example Roman bole and horned poppy. Not a continuation of a letter. Has …
Letter, with accounts on verso. (Information from CUDL)
List of items in a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic, Ladino, and Hebrew. The dating is 15th- or 16th-century based on the paleography. Many of the items …
Lists of materia medica, with simples such as indigo, Mimosa nilotica, pomegranate flower, and turpeth. In columns, with quantities in Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)
Fragment from a business letter probably written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon (the address is not visible). Abu al-Fadl is mentioned and …
The end of a will, mentioning the names Yehoshuaʿ b. Nathan, Abū l-Surūr, [Abū] Kaṯīr b. Ezra, Abū Sahl b. Azhar and Menashshe al-Maghribī. It …
Unidentified document in Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Very damaged. Business letter?
Letter fragment, probably. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting looks very similar to that of the French rabbi Shemuel b. Yaʿaqov, however Shemuel's other documents …
Letter addressed to Abū ʿImrān, in Zuqāq al-[...], Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Of the body of the letter, only the lower right corner remains. Difficult to …
This document lists the differences between the Palestinian and Babylonian calendars in the years 921/2–923/4CE. The purpose of this text is unclear, but it confirms …
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Legal document in Hebrew, FGP lists as a שטר תנאים. The remnant of an ornamental border may be visible along the bottom.
Verso: Addendum or subsequent court record concerning Abū l-Munā and 90 jars of wine as well as other commodities and someone named Ṣāʿid. This record …
Poetry. In Arabic script.
Fragment from the top of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to an economic slump (al-kasād). The sender swears by the holy Law (al-sharīʿa al-muqaddasa). Not …
Legal document(s) or draft(s) regarding marriage, divorce, and payments. Late. Currency: גרושו'. Needs examination. There is a partial date in the document at 90 degrees, …
Minute fragment, a remnant of writing/ink is visible on the recto possibly in Hebrew script.
Official document(s) in Arabic script. The layout does not seem to be that of a typical tax receipt. Needs examination.
Legal document. In Arabic script. Dating: The year is effaced, but it looks Ottoman-era. There is a faded filing note in Judaeo-Arabic on verso. Involves …
Will (waṣiyya), in Arabic. For a Sicilian named ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ṣiqillī/al-Siqillī al-Anṣārī. Lines 6–15 consist of his profession of faith in the tenets of …
Fragment of a ketubba. Written and signed by Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE) in an unusually large and beautiful script. The dowry includes a …
Small receipt or order. Needs examination. Dated: 3(?) Dhū l-Ḥijja.
Only the address of a letter sent to Harun al-Attar (אלעטר). Late.
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. The sender owes capitation tax (jizya) payments for himself and for his son. …
Legal record (#45) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 11v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 44-46) Folio 11v
Fiscal account, probably. Likely concerning grain (mentions the prices of arādibb). Needs examination.
Letter from Farah b. Isma’il from Alexandria, to his father Isma’il, Fustat. October 22, 1050. Short letter about the money that Farah sent to his …
תקדמת כתבי אליך יאואלדי אטאל אללה בקאך וכאן לך ומעך עדה ולם ארא(!)
ארגו שגל כיר אעלמך בוצול מרכב אבי עלי אלשאמי ווצל פיה
רזמה לבן אלתיהרת…
Authorization of takanot from the Mustarab community in Cairo from 1595 CE– which reflects the date 9 Sivan בשמח׳׳ה in the final line of the …
Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script.
Arabic medical treatise on digestion.
Two fragments of a communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Resembles the hand of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids, and headed by their motto הנה אל …
Letter from Alexandria to Abū l-Maʿānī. Business letter fragment concerning various transactions, some of which are taking place in Alexandria, and mentioning the purchase of …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Listing clothing and household items. Mentions garments including miʾzar, qamīs, sarāwil, miqnaʿa. Several entries are preceded by a large open circle and …
Accounts, mentioning quantities of dinars. (Information from CUDL)
Am uncomplete bill of divorce (get) from Fustat 1366 to the Era of Documents (1055 CE). The husbands name is Nasir b. Ya'aqov. The wife's …