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Letter addressed to Netanʾel b. Aharon and his son Shelomo. The letter consists entirely of blessings for the holidays. Mainly in Hebrew. The passages in …
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Court record(s) containing signatures of three Jewish witnesses in Arabic script, in the first of which a Jewish woman is charged by two Muslims with …
Amram ibn Sa‘id ibn Musa appeared [before the court] and reported that he was working in the apothecary practice of Abu’l-Faraj ibn Ma‘amar al-Sharab…
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Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on a reused scrap of Arabic-script accounts. Mentions that "we demanded the oath from Abū Saʿd... he said that he …
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Fragment of a letter from Sitt Rayḥān to (her husband) [Eliyyahu] b. Zekharya, probably in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a woman's mother-in-law and a woman's …
Accounts, in Arabic script and some Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions materia medica including various types of myrobalan, salt, and olibanum.
Letter from a certain Nissim to his sister. In Judaeo-Arabic. In an unusual format, with the lines downslanting rather than upslanting, and the left margin …
On recto a poem. On verso a letter (or rather another poem?) in another hand. Barely legible
Two medical prescriptions in Arabic script, written on cloth on the back of a court record or deposition in the hand of Avraham Ibn Yiju …
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). Mainly in Arabic script with some Hebrew script. Abu l-Majd is to give the …
Literary, Hebrew.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Listing amounts, days of the week, and at least one item of clothing (thawb siqlāṭūn).
Small fragment of a Yemenite style marriage contract. See Friedman, JMP, I, p. 184, n. 109. AA
Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: Middle of Dhū l-Qaʿda 403. Measurements: 13 × …
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Recto: Letter from the yeshiva in Jerusalem to Mevorakh (b. Seʿadya?), in Fustat. In Hebrew. Fragmentary. Dating: After 1094 CE. This is a letter of …
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Responsa. Responsaum of הרא"ש כלל סו, סימן ז. AA
Header of a beautifully illuminated ketubba, with micrography in the border.
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Rental contract. Looks like the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Abū l-Ghayth Yeshuʿa leases half of a shop owned by his wife to Abū Isḥāq …
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Recto: Recipes for preparing different kinds of kohl. Verso: In a different hand, apparently alchemical recipes -- or at least they use many toxic minerals. …
Verso: Last two lines of a formal letter or petition in Arabic script. Ends with a ḥasbala + ṣalwala.
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Accounts in Arabic script. Dating: Late, probably 18th or 19th century.
Recto: short note in Hebrew written by Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq and Menaḥem b. Shemuʾel Kohen regarding the writing of a geṭ and the tearing of …
Letter in Hebrew. Per the identification data on FGP, one of the letters mentions "אגריפון," probably Negroponte (Euboea), and one (folio 17) mentions "קדיאה," probably …
List of commodities with their prices. Containing instructions regarding transactions in a partnership. Many valuable gems and garments are listed. At one point it states …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Almost too damaged to identify. Possibly Talmud or Talmudic commentary, since among the surviving words are "the [priest] anointed for war" and "with a vow …
Informal note to Abū l-Riḍā ha-Talmid ha-Vatiq (appears also in T-S 10J4.14 (PGPID 3017) as al-Wathīq). Dating: ca. early 13th century. The sender reports that …
Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with at least two references to wheat. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Form letter from the community of Safed, for the shaliaḥ Yaʿaqov b. Avraham to carry with him in his fundraising. Bewails the destruction of synagogues …
Small fragment containing portions of three lines in Arabic, appears literary.
Letter fragment in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212). In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning business mainly in materia medica and/or metals. Mentions antimony (rāṣakht) …
Probably accounts, at least partly in Ladino. Needs examination.
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Fiscal account, probably. There is a year at upper left. Needs examination.
Legal document in Arabic script. Very difficult to read. Involves Ibrāhīm b. Surūr(?) b. Ibrāhīm the Jew. Might be dated 578 AH. Signatures at the …
Saʿadya’s formulary of legal documents. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Aharon b. Naḥum ha-Tinnisi the scribe. The writer is in need. He lost his job and prices are high, so he left Tinnis …
State document, in Arabic script. A Mamlūk-era order (marsūm) from two amīrs to the overseer of the peasants' affairs in their area (al-fallāḥiyya was l-muzāraʿa …
المرسوم بالامر الكريم العالي المولوي الاميري الكبيري السيدي
المالكي المخدومي السيفي طقطباي…انجزهم الله تعالى الى [جمـ]ـاعـ[ـة ] المشائخ
والفلاح…
Verso, 90 degrees: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder. Mentioning several scribes and skins (presumably as writing surface). The …
Medical treatise in Arabic script.
Recto: Engagement (shiddukhin) document for Moshe b. Nissim Ṭawīl and Simḥa bt. [...] ha-Levi known as al-ʿAjamī, dated August 1818 CE (Av 5578). Verso: Halakhic …
Interesting copy of a Judaeo-Arabic letter regarding affairs of a Yeshivah. There is unfortunately a crease covering a word or two from each line, and …
Letter from Mivḥar b. Yefet to Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. Dating: 1125–50 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that he arrived safely. His maternal aunt …
Recto: recipes for a woman who loses a lot of blood and to make a husband love his wife (she washes her breasts and has …
Letter in both Ladino and Spanish. Dating: possibly 15th or 16th century. The addressee is likely Señor Don Elyaqim, though there is also another name …
Bill of divorce (geṭ). The names of husband and/or wife may be preserved in the first two lines, which are difficult to read. Location and …
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involves Sitt al-Furs and Mordekhay. (Information in part from CUDL)