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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
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Piyyuṭ. Might be in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi.
State document, it seems an order from a higher-up or a response/rescript (tawqiʿ) for a petition. (There is in fact a draft petition on verso …
Accounts in Hebrew script and western Arabic numerals. Late.
Small fragment probably from the top of a letter. Headed by Psalms 85:9 (ואל חסידיו ואל ישובו לכסלה) and begins "alladhī ajmaʿnā...."
Letter, small fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Likely a mercantile letter of the 11th century. Mentions the ship (markab) of al-Jazzār; mentions 9 people and a rent/hire …
Legal document in Arabic script. Perhaps a deed of sale of a property. On parchment. Fragment: the beginnings of ~10 lines are preserved in additional …
Fragment of a legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Involves Moshe and his father Ḥayyim. Concerns real estate and living arrangements (penultimate line: “or if he should …
Literary text, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Accounts of a slaughterer. Goitein dates it to 1179 or 1183 CE (Med Soc I, 381–82). This sheet was then reused for piyyutim. For further …
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Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic, with a colophon. Mentions: "my master Aaron... his lineage... the other tribes of the sons of (Israel)... in the Torah... (Moses …
IB II, 25 + 26. Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju: two fragments. Aden, 1134. See also T-S AS 173.380 (PGPID 38566).
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8 small pages mostly in Arabic. Page 1: The beginning of a letter to al-Ḥājj Aḥmad. Page 2: Jottings of text from a letter. Page …
Letter addressed to Shimʿon and [...], in Ḥārat al-Yahūd, in Cairo. In Arabic script. Dated 22 Jumada I 1224 AH (July 1809 CE). Needs examination …
Recto: Arabic document with list of names such as Ibn Sulaymān, Ismāʾīl, at least one woman, and people such as al-Baysānī and al-Ṭabarānī. Possibly a …
Literary: Talmud. There is a note at the bottom: "Of Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham b. Daniel b. Yiṣḥaq known as Ibn al-Baqra(?)."
Notebook of a merchant, containing mainly letter drafts or copies interspersed with poems, anecdotes, accounts, and the opening formulary of a petition to a vizier. …
Laws concerning the writings of legal deeds. Image not available
Fiscal document - needs examination.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting and spelling. Small fragment (upper left corner). The sender wishes to be united with their son (or father, since this …
Narrow strip from the left side of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1434 Seleucid = 1122/23 CE. Disposing …
Letter from Yosef Pidonil (? פידוניל) to his father. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th century or later. In Judaeo-Arabic. Note that many of the emphatic and …
Court record in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38 CE). Ḥasana bt. Yehuda demands the possessions of her brother Shemarya/Maḥfūẓ from his …
Letter of complaint to Avraham ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat (mid 11th century) about the Christian governor Ibn Gorgas, who built a church next to …
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Letter from Meʾir Ben-Naʿim (fl. 1785-1825 CE), but the paleography is not suggestive of his scribal hand. The letter may date from early in his …
Possibly a document in Arabic script. The beginnings of ~10 lines are preserved, very faded. There is a high concentration of recycled fiber emerging from …
Petition in Arabic script from a physician employed in the hospital in Cairo who had a government stipend of 5 dinars per month. This stipend …
وانه من جملة الطب المستخدمين بالبيمارستان بالقاهرة المحروسة بحارة . . . . . [ليس له الا]
قوت يسير لا يقوم باوده وانه كان حصل له من المجلس ا…
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Donations ledger, ca. 1800 CE. There are several hundred additional joins.
Permit from the Egyptian Jewish community for building a tomb 2.2 x 1.75 meters in size – November 14 1953CE – Museum of Islamic Art …
Document with several lines of Arabic script. The fragment also contains a red grid with a calendrical table in Hebrew, listing years such as 5230–44 …
Strip of parchment from the end of a deed of sale, preserving the date: Jumādā I 434 AH = December 1042 / January 1043 CE. …
ولا سبب يقبض فيه ولا وضيعة ولا [ ]
]الاقرار عليها به وقبل ذلك [ ]فيها ابو سهل منشا هذا[
]طوعا وعلى صحة معرفتها جميعا وذلك في جمدى الا…
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the upper right corner is preserved. Recommends the bearer for charity and probably asks the addressee to intervene on his behalf …
Small fragment of accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions al-ṣabiyy; al-Yahūdī; and possibly Yaḥyā.
Fragment of a legal document involving the execution of the will of a certain Avraham. Mentions Adoniya b. David, Shemuel ha-Levi b. Avraham, ʿAllūsh, and …
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from "your brother Musa" (Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi) asking the recipent to sell for him the Mishnah and Hilkhot Shehitah and …
Accounts in Arabic script, surrounded by Hebrew jottings and pen trials. FGP calls this a testimony from 1208/09 CE, which must be referring to a …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Arranged in an unusual format with breaks between paragraphs. The teacher ʿIwaḍ tried to sell the Masoret but couldn't find a buyer. …
Letter addressed to Avraham Kohen, in Istanbul. Dated: Shevat 5409 AM, which is 1649 CE. In Hebrew. "We have not received any letter from you …
Legal record (#83) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 29r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 17 Elul 5325 …
Letter from Yahya b. Musa al-Majjani, al-Mahdiyya, to Barhun b. Salih al-Tāhartī, Cairo, asking him to intervene on his behalf against Ibn Farah al-Fasi and …
כתאבי יאכי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ורעאיתך וכפאיתך וזאד מן
פצלה ואחסאנה לדיך ועליך טו איאם כלת מן אדר ראשון ען אחואל…
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Fragment of an incomplete legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–1138 CE). There are two lines, mentioning the late Abū l-Faraj …
Verso: Accounts with the header "What was sold before the death of Abū Isḥāq b. Abū Sahl known as Ibn al-Ahuv, in the presence of …
Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Dā'ūd al-Ḥazzān (the writer is quarreling with him) and the beadle ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq. Also mentions "dār al-shāmiyyīn," the house …
End of a short letter or note. (Information from CUDL)
Legal record (#20) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 3r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated 6 …
Block printed amulet.
Response to the inquiry on the recto, in which the judge replies, “I learned that this girl was engaged several times, but it is not …
Small fragment with some Judaeo-Arabic text (lā man tawallā. . ."). Unidentified.
Letter fragment in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Very faded. The beginnings of several lines of the main text are preserved and several lines of the …