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Legal document, probably a transfer of property, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involves a certain Moshe. No date or signatures …
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Medical recipes in Arabic. ENA 3918.6v begins with several different remedies for lice (qaml) of the hair, beard, and/or eyebrows. ENA 3961.3 cites Galen and …
Tables in Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals, divided into rectangular boxes. Needs further examination.
Accounts with Hebrew numerals, possibly mentioning the head of the weighers guild (shaykh al-qabbāniyya). Dated in the upper left corner of the verso Thursday 18 …
Book list. Books lent by the writer to Natan b. Yeshuʿa. Dating: first half of the 11th century. (Information mainly from Allony, the Jewish Library, …
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Verso: State document, in Arabic script. Three fragments possibly from a decree, including the word ملكها. May be a draft or writing exercise as a …
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Legal document from Cairo, dated 1777 CE (end of Tamuz 5537 AM) in which Menaḥem Abzaradel (אבזראדיל) makes arrangements for his 7 1/3 qirats that …
1. בפנינו עדים ח׳׳מ בא היקר נשא ומאד נעלה להתהלה כה׳׳ר מנחם אבזרדיל יצ׳׳ו ואמר לנו הוא עלי עדים גמורים וקנו ממני ק…
Poem of praise and congratulations on the birth and circumcision of a son, it seems addressed to somebody named Ḥananya. The words ‘Mar Yefet’ are …
Letter from Yeshaʿya b. Isḥāq, in Alexandria, to his business associate Abū Ibrāhīm ʿAyyāsh b. Nissim, in Fustat. Advising him to dispose of goods costing …
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IB VII, 5. A note (ruqʿa) with a merchant's disposition for his property in contemplation of death. He specifies that his daughter should not marry …
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Informal note from Yeshuʿa (or from a communal leader with the ʿalāma "Yeshuʿa"). In Judaeo-Arabic. It says that Abu Saʿīd should report to the court …
Letter in difficult Latin script, possibly Portuguese. The address on verso is in Hebrew: to David Ṣarfati, from R. Yiṣḥaq Alpa[...], from צאפט to Fustat.
Leviticus 25.
Accounts of some sort. In Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. The format of recto looks like an extremely faded (or erased?) tax receipt.
Legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: Elul 5[...] AM, probably ca. 15th or 16th century.
In the upper margin, draft of the beginning of a legal document in Arabic script. "On Monday, in Ramaḍān '35. . . ." The century …
Recto: beginning of an Arabic letter. Verso: unidentified Hebrew script (possibly the address, the sender may be [...] b. Elishaʿ). (Information from CUDL)
Header of a ketubba, probably. With fleurs-de-lis. Dating: Likely 12th century. The hand looks familiar.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Fragments from a letter, probably an 11th-century mercantile letter.
Recto: letter to Maimonides with his handwritten reply on verso (see separate record). The writer states that he has acquired a rudimentary knowledge of philosophy …
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Draft(s) of a short letter in which the sender states his intention to go to Fusṭāṭ - but he is having financial problems and may …
Verso: A few words in large Arabic script: ...لاعتي عن القول . . .دقاىقا... Might be literary
Letter from Abū l-Faraj b. Ma[ṣliaḥ?]. Addressed to Fustat (אלא מצר חמאה תע). None of the content is preserved.
Verso: Account in Arabic script. Every line is crossed out. Mentions arsenic (zirnīkh) in the first line. Deserves close study because it could shed light …
Letter addressed to some dignitary ('ha-Sar'). Contains only the opening blessings in Hebrew.
Letter from a woman requesting help in receiving her share from her late husband’s inheritance(?), with various signatures of support. Mentions government interference as well …
Legal fragment, probably. A few words in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. al-muqīma... ha-kohen ha-mumḥe. On verso there is Hebrew literary text.
Letter of Yoshiyahu ha-Nasi to Elʿazar ha-Sar. Generous spacing between the lines. The hand is known from other documents and dates to the 13th century. …
Two lines in Arabic, probably accounting: الذي مع الفقيه(؟) تسع قطع ماىة . . . .
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Statement in Arabic script ("aqūlu wa-anā...") made and signed by Hiba b. Mufaḍḍal al-Mutaṭabbib. Dated: 18 Shawwāl 628 AH = 19 August 1231 CE. It …
Verso: Letter fragment in Arabic script. Dealing with various financial transactions and settling of accounts. Mentions someone named Saʿīd. Excerpts: . . . رسوال لا …
Accounting for an India trader, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Mentions goods such as hyacinth and pepper, and their quantities, and many other …
Bifolio of accounts, probably in Ladino and western Arabic numerals. Elegant hand, difficult to read. Some of the language may be Judaeo-Arabic or something else. …
Seems like an endowment list for the court (maḥkama). Contains an ʿalāma at the top: al-ḥamdu li-llāh rabb al-ʿālamīn. Needs examination.
Fragment of a betrothal agreement between Bayan and Sitt al-Nasab. Among the provisions included is the groom's assurance that he will not prevent the bride …
Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot. Each list is designated by individual contributors and specific weeks of the liturgical calender …
Documentary per FGP - needs examination. Includes 15 different shelfmarks. There are several documentary ones, but all may be Ashkenazi/non-Geniza.
Legal document in Arabic script. A contract made before a Muslim notary, in which the proprietor of a Nubian slave promises to pay to the …
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Sums/account. In Arabic script and eastern Arabic numerals. Dating: late, 18th or 19th century.
Poem in honor of Abū Saʿd b. Sahl al-Tustarī. See Mann, Jews, II, pp. 75–77. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)
Several pages of late accounts in Hebrew script. The first page is in Latin-script Italian and mentions the words "imposto" and "via Livorno" as well …
Recto: part of a letter concerning communal politics. The writer excuses his writing because he wrote this at night, "and my eye hardly sees in …
IB V, 37, folio 6. Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: The addressee is to give the bearer lemon syrup (the …
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Letter from Thābit(?) b. Ibrāhīm, in Fustat, to Abū Isḥāq Ibāhīm al-Kohen b. Yūsuf, in Alexandria. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Written in Judaeo-Arabic with …
Legal fragment. In Hebrew. Contains the phrases ״שקולים ברצון״ and ״אלא בלב שלם ובדעת״. Compare T-S 16.142.