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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
Late accounts in Arabic.
No Scholarship Records
Fragment of a dirge, possibly for a relation of a Gaʾon (ינחם לב גאון...)
Unidentified document in rudimentary Arabic script. This may be the secondary use, and the list of Hebrew piyyuṭim on recto may be the primary use. …
Bifolio of mercantile accounts. Dating: probably 11th century. The hand may be known (Nahray b. Nissim?). Mentions names such as Abū Isḥāq (Ibrāhīm) b. Farrāḥ; …
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Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Recto seems pen trials or a crossed out draft, with a fragmentary basmala and beginning of a date. Verso mentions …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Avraham b. Natan Av. This is the last leaf of a longer letter, as it is headed "tamām …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter drafts in Judaeo-Arabic from an unknown sender to Yaʿaqov Maṣlīaḥ. Dated 15 Tammuz 5578 AM which is 1818 CE. There is writing on Page …
Probably a legal document, mentioning a certain Yefet. (Information from CUDL)
Responsum of Hai Gaon, on the management of orphans’ property. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document in which Moshe Ḥakim (חכים) receives money from Yaʿaqov, to invest in his business. The latter partner's surname may be Kohen, based on …
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Detailed astrological table in Judaeo-Arabic. Gives the auspicious days for such activities as "demanding rights," "imḍā' al-dīwān" (?), and going to the bathhouse. ASE
Technical instructions or recipe in Arabic script. Mentions various kinds of salt (e.g., Andarānī), and acacia. Description from CUDL: Medical recipes with ingredients such as …
Jottings including quantities of dinars in Arabic with Coptic alphanumerals. Written on the verso of a letter from Daniʾel b. ʿAzarya regarding trade, merchandise and …
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Letter from Yoel to Efrayim. Fragment (upper left corner). The sender is likely identical with Yoel ha-Melammed (see e.g. T-S 20.148), since it is a …
On recto a letter in Hebrew. On verso another text probably in Judeo Turkish
Several fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic with wide line spacing. From the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya (r. 1140–1159 CE) to Sason (b. Meshullam) the …
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There are 4 documents sharing this shelfmark. 538/1: Ownership notes for a copy of the legal code Aderet Eliyyahu by the Qaraite hakham Eliyyahu Bashyazi …
Damaged fragment of a (state?) document in Arabic script. The name Mūsā b. ʿUmar b. Aḥmad appears.
Religious topics – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 98) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl …
Bifolio of poetry with religious themes in Hebrew (three pages) and amorous themes in Judaeo-Arabic (one page).
Private account written by Nahray b. Nissim. 1060. Daily account that was probably a draft. Might be the account of Maymun b. Khalfa. (Information from …
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A list of at least 42 books of poetry, all called Dīwān or prefaced "min shiʿr [X]." In Arabic script. Poets named include: Ṭarafa, ʿAntara, …
Left side: There are two records. In the first, the court gives Shelomo b. Moshe 2 dinars for buying flour for orphans. The second involves …
Letter fragment probably in the hand of Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ of Tyre (see neighboring fragments).
Recto: End of a legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Iyyar 1451 Seleucid, which is 1140 CE. Written and signed by Natan b. Shemuel. Also signed …
Tax receipt.
Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with western Arabic numerals and Hebrew alphanumerals. 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography and layout. A variety of individuals …
Recto: Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: First decade of Kislev 5439 AM = November 1678 CE. It has to do with property and …
Table in Arabic script and eastern Arabic numerals. Possibly accounts, but could also be calendrical reckoning or something else. The entries are arranged in four …
Probably a letter or letters. Verso and recto appear to be in different hands, in which case there might be more than one letter. - …
Letter addressed to [Eliyyahu the Judge?] Ibn al-Rayyis al-Iskandarānī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the upper left corner is preserved. The sender says he or …
Damaged fragment of a ketubba. Groom: Avraham. Bride: Sutayt (?). AA
Recto: Petition, probably. In Arabic script, in a Fatimid chancery hand, with huge space between the lines. Portions of two lines are preserved: ...ʿalā yadih …
Calendar, beg. מחזר ר̇ס̇א̇, continued on Bodl. MS heb. f 56/4–5. There is also the text of Exodus xx. 12-26 in shorthand writing. (Information from …
IB III, 9. Letter from Yosef b. Avraham in Aden to Avraham b. Yiju. Goitein thought that the letter was sent to Zabīd, a coastal …
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State document in Arabic script. Looks like a receipt, unclear for what. Possibly Ayyubid or Mamluk-era. May refer to ʿAlam al-Dīn b. Bū l-Majd in …
Very faded text in Hebrew script. Unidentified. A few words in Arabic script on verso.
Agreement that the physician Abū l-Ḥasan Yosef b. Yoshiyya(?) al-Tinnīsī will pay 14 dinars to Hilāl b. Sahl al-Ṣahrajtī, the silk merchant. (Information from CUDL)
Fragment of a literary source.
Ayyubid state document. Bifolio, possibly from a fiscal accounting ledger. Dated: Shawwāl 622 AH, which is October/November 1225 CE (if read correctly). Mentions al-Malik al-Kāmil …
Liturgy and blessing as an opening for a book list - needs examination. No image
Legal fragment (lower right corner). Location: Fustat. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Involves a man named Namir known as al-Ḥakham(?) …
Accounts listing names and corresponding numerical values, medieval-era. The heading may include a full date and year but there is significant damage to the end …
Alchemical recipes describing methods of preparation of metals (copper, sulphur), how to burn them, wash them, dry them and grind them. Mentions a crucible, a …
Tax receipt for jawālī with registration marks.
Very damaged legal deed by the court appointed by the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh (1112–26). ʿAmram b. Aharon ha-Kohen appears in court, but the actual …
Small fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic referring to 'our rabbi Maṣliaḥ' and possibly a location (Minyat [...]).