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Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Dating: 1127–38 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39 CE). Very faded. …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Communal note probably from the office of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids to R. Avraham. The matter of ‘Yosef the son of the beadle’ …
Part of a ketubba. Bride: Baṭrīqa bt. Avra[ham]. Groom: [...]nan b. Yeshuʿa. Dated Sivan 1[...] (c. early 11th century CE) probably in Fusṭāṭ. Witnessed by …
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Letter in Hebrew to two men, one of whom is called Abu al-Ḥasan.
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Receipt dated 1247 AH (1831/32 CE). The document involves a ṣarrāf, Dāwūd Naʿīm, who was working for one of the state's dīwāns (likely related to …
Condolence and business letter to the brothers Eliyyahu and Leon.
Verso (original use): Fragment of a state document, three lines of Arabic in a chancery hand. The date of the tawqīʿ is Dhul Qaʿda (3)70?
Recto: ʿamida for Rosh ha-Shana with Judaeo-Arabic heading צלוה ראש השאנה (sic). Verso: Arabic text, probably a letter. (Information from CUDL)
Court record in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Location: Fustat. Dated: first decade of Tammuz 1471 Seleucid = June 1160 CE, under the authority …
Hebrew panegyric for Avraham ha-Kohen ha-Rofe ha-Sar b. Yiṣḥaq. See Mann, Jews, II, 86–87.
Legal document in Hebrew. Dating: ca. 16th century. Part of a lease or possibly a partnership agreement mentioning wages. One of the parties is Elʿazar; …
Accounts in Ladino and western Arabic numerals. The names are intriguing, perhaps Greek: פאפא ניקולה (Papanicolaou?), the wife of Manoli, איבדוקולה (Eudokoula?), etc. Needs examination.
Business letter to a certain Abū l-Munā. In Arabic script with one word in Judaeo-Arabic.
Ketubba fragment. The groom is named Ghālib.
Awaiting description (but see description for the whole notebook, Bodl. MS heb. f 22/19–52, PGPID 33686).
ʿAlāma from a state document: al-thiqa bi-l-lāhī waḥdahū
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). [Sitt al-Sāda bt.?] Evyatar ha-Kohen and [Shelomo b. Abū] al-Riḍā al-Wakīl and Sālim …
Bottom of a court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Signed by him and also by Ḥalfon b. Yosef ha-Kohen. Dating: 1127–38 …
Tax receipt for Abū l-Riḍā b. Yūsuf (?). A date at the bottom: 5[..] AH?
Legal and communal documents. (a) Power of attorney granted by Saʿadya b. Yeshuʿa to Yosef b. Elʿazar ha-Melammed for the purpose of suing Yaʿaqov b. …
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Jottings including Psalms 116:16 in Hebrew (אני עבדך בן אמתך) and on verso the same phrase translated into Arabic (انا عبدك بن امتك), headed by …
Verso (probably the original use): Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Written in a formal style and reporting that the bearer (al-wāṣil bihā), a certain Muḥammad, …
Legal document from the time of Avraham Maimonides, who is referred to here with the title "Nagid" therefore, post-1213 CE. The fragment comprises a few …
This shelfmark includes 3 unrelated fragments. Bottom fragment: Validation of a legal document. Signed by Yaʿaqov b. Avraham (also signed BL OR 5551.1), Ḥiyya b. …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning Abū l-Ḥasan Aʿraj (the lame) and ʿAllān the son of the sister of ʿA[rūs]. This is probably the India trader ʿAllān …
Legal record (#43 and #44). Engagement contract, outline. Dated: Thursday, 14 Sivan 1467 Seleucid. In the hand of Meovrakh b. Natan (like the rest of …
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Court record approving a payment for Ya'aqov Berakah the cantor b. Moshe for his service in communal prayers for five years. Dated Tuesday, 12th Nisan …
IB V, 22. Business letter in Arabic script to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen, representative of the merchants, from an anonymous correspondent in Alexandria. …
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Literary text in Judaeo-Persian and Hebrew. Connected to the book of Esther. Three fragments; it is not clear of the second fragment belongs with fol. …
Literary text with a signature: Yefet b. ʿAmram. See Penn catalog (https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/h293.html) for detailed description and potential identifications of this Yefet.
Beginning of a draft petition in Judaeo-Arabic. From a woman, Umm Shemuel of Tyre (al-Ṣūriyya). Dating: no earlier than ca. 1120 (includes taqbīl clause). On …
Official letter, in Arabic script. Probably an internal correspondence. Reports on a place or an occurrence "was l-mulāḥaẓa". The beginnings of 7 lines are preserved. …
List of calculations and possibly accounts in eastern Arabic numerals. Very faded yet with some legible text in the upper portion of the recto. MCD.
Small fragment of accounts. Almost entirely numerals.
Letter mainly in Arabic with several words in Hebrew script. The bearer of the letter (wa-mūṣil kitābī hādhā ilā ḥaḍratihi al-jalīla) is Ṣedeq b. Hilay …
Letter from Abū Faraj to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender has some unusual spelling habits, e.g., אא for آ; and ת for ד; …
Three fragments from a letter, in Arabic script. Extremely fragmentary to glean any context, but it references the current year and perhaps the beginning of …
Table of names in Arabic script with Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions names such as Barakāt, maybe Sulaymān, Hilāl.
Small fragment from a letter, sending greetings to Hibatallah and Abū l-Munajjā. (Information from CUDL)
Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb on dyeing in Dhāt al-Ṣafā. Dated: 21 Ramaḍān 405. Written by Yuḥannā b. Mīkhāʾīl, the son of …
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End of a letter from Tiberias with signatures. Dated: 8 Kislev 5[...] AM. The signatures include: A__(?) Ben-Azūz, Yehuda Arbūḥ(?) (?ארבוח) or Garbūḥ(?), Yiṣḥaq Geverim …
Accounts, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Detailed accounts in Arabic script. At least partially for a construction project. Possibly communal.
Table with names organized according to the weekly parshiyot. Among those listed are: Yiṣḥaq Qudsī, Nissim and Shaʾul Bienveniste. Based on the paleography this document …
Legal document. Dated: Thursday, 29 Adar 5539 AM (=Ṣafar 1193 AH), which is 1779 CE. Avraham Fayrūz b. Eliyyahu Fayrūz known as Shuwaykh makes arrangements …
A book list arranged by genres written by Meir b. Hillel (See Frenkel, The compassionate, p. 146). Published Allony, The Jewish Library, p. 148-151. AA
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