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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
The address on a letter from Zekharya b. Berakhel to Shemuel b. Eli gaʾon. Seems like this fragment held several letters. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, …
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State document, in Arabic script. Addressed to two addressed in a dual tense. The sender is in Damsīs. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Reused for …
Literary text - some sort of commentary - in a mixture of Arabic (in Arabic script) and Hebrew.
No Scholarship Records
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions the currency ashrafī. Needs examination.
Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Spanish-influenced hand. Partnership contract between Bū Yūsuf and Ismāʿīl. Mentions the date Adar I 834, perhaps [4]834 AH = 1073 CE. …
Fragments of a text in an elegant Hebrew square script with decorative designs, possibly the upper section of a ketubba. Requires further examination.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. List of dozens of items for a druggist's store. Quantities and prices (the latter in Greek/Coptic numerals). Items include Indian myrobalan and …
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Accounts and calculations in Ladino, sixteenth-century (based on the paleography and post-1497 coinage in neighboring shelfmark). A variety of individuals are referenced along the right …
Small fragment. Probably a Hebrew letter, perhaps a letter of recommendation. "He is a good man. . . have patience. . . I see you …
Accounts, mentions various sums. Needs examination.
Two fragments of a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions a shameful matter (ואפזע מן …
Letter to a dignitary. Opens with a long preamble in Hebrew singing the praises of Nissim b. Levi. The substance of the letter then continues …
A representative appointment deed. Deed in the hand of Ḥalfon ben Menashshe ha-Levi (there are documents in his hand from 1100-1138) in which the bride …
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A long text, probably contains moral guidance.
Letter discussing communal matters, especially income derived from the market place by religious dignitaries. Mentioned are levies imposed for the purchase of new mats (see …
Verso: Unidentified document in Arabic script.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter referring to the synagogue and quoting extensively from the Hebrew Bible. Dating: probably ca. 13th–15th century based on hand, layout, and typical abbreviations. May …
Legal formulary. Late. Among the types of formulaic documents mentioned there are: (T-S AS 207.21 1r) [copy of ...] the bill of divorce from the …
Most of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably sent from Minyat Ghamr (last line of recto) to Fustat (verso). The addressee is named Baqāʾ. Concerning …
Two fragment of a bill of divorce, from Fustat, from Tishrei [1]331 sel. (1019 CE), signed by Ya'aqov b. Yosef beit-din and Shelomo b. [...]. …
One fragmented line in an Arabic chancery hand, probably of a decree, later cut and reused to form quires of Hebrew script. A suggestive reading …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Long and full of interesting details. Tells a long story on recto concerning a eunuch, the amir Murhaf al-Dawla, the king, …
Letter fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. The language is very legalistic and it could also be a …
Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, maybe 15th century or later, based on handwriting, abbreviations, formulae, format. The main letter on recto deals with various business …
Letter from a community to a dignitary. In Judaeo-Arabic. They think the addressee for whatever it is that he sent a Parnas to tell them.
Letter fragment from Avraham, son of the Gaon. In a mixture of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic in Arabic script.
Much damaged late poetic Hebrew fragment, might be from a letter of appeal.
Legal fragment. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century. Involves a woman named Jawhara, and a man [...] al-Levi Sulaymān.
Legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: 15 Sivan 5590(?) AM, the final digit is unclear and this document may be older than 1830 CE based on …
Order of payment advising Shelomo b. Yehuda ha-Kohen to pay a subsistence of 3 dinars for general living costs to the guardian Yaʿaqov b. Avraham …
Fragment from a legal agreement or court record. A power of attorney is given by a woman regarding her divorce procedures and collection of her …
IB III, 40c. Letter (draft) from one community leader to another with an appeal for support for refugees from Christian persecution and cursing on anyone …
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Letter addressed to Yeshuʿa b. Shabbetay. Fragment: upper part of recto. The sender’s name is not preserved. Very little non-formulaic content is preserved. The sender …
Accounts, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Judaeo Persian. ENA 2627.101-102 is part of the same work.
Verso: List of materia medica and spices with Hebrew numerals. Late.
Small fragment from a state document; perhaps the tarjama of a petition from Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. Ṣalaḥ. Reused to create a bifolium for a …
There are 3 items sharing this shelfmark:515/1: Formulary for a Qaraite ketubba. In Hebrew.515/2: Prayer for Moshe Firrouz. In Hebrew. 515/3: Several lines of jottings …
Letter from Salāma Ḥāmī, Jerusalem, to Yeshuʿa Ḥāmī, in Fustat or Cairo, more likely, based on the dating/paleography. Late. In Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.
Account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mainly foods are listed (onion, honey, raisin, bread...)
Bottom of a legal document. In Arabic script. Dated: 23 Rajab 596 AH = 9 May 1200 CE. (A previous description stated 13 Dhū l-Ḥijja …
Acknowledgment of receiving a Torah scroll. Dated: 27 Agosto [18]90 CE. The scribe Ḥanān acknowledges receipt of the torah scroll and a pair of finials …
Letter from Eli Ha-Mumhe b. Avraham to David and Mevorakh b. Amram, Fustat, probably 1050.
Literary text in rhymed Judaeo-Arabic, narrating the mutual seduction between a Jewish man and a Christian (enslaved?) woman. There are a few lines in Arabic …
Verso (probably original use): Letter in Arabic script. Nearly complete. Mentions someone who recovered from an illness (ابن . . . وحب الله بالعافية); Ghālib …
Document of sale dated Rabīʿ II 405 AH from the Fayyūm. Transaction between Rabābīl, the son of Mīnā, and Qarhīwah and Sariyya the daughters of …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic on verso. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The addressee is Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan b. Hibatallāh b. Q[...]. …