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Several fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to 'al-Segula' and a court case; having enclosed additional letters; refers to the addressee as חמדת לבינו …
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Jottings of biblical verses including Psalms 51:11f Verso: Jottings including lists of names
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Letter from Dāʾūd [...], possibly in Jerusalem, to his 'brother' Shemuel b. Yaʿaqov the physician (Samawʾal b. Yaʿqūb al-Mutaṭabbib), in New Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic, with …
Minute fragment, very faded, only few words are readable but most probab;y from a legal deed.
Contract of debt. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: The case came before the court in the last decade of Kislev …
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Fragment of torn and damaged vellum, contains Geonic responsa. Published in Teshuvot ha-Hageonim Marmorstein, p. 2-3. On recto the end of a responsum on debt. …
Letter to Abū ʿAlī. In Arabic script, in a crude hand. Only the beginning is preserved.
Bottom of a state document in Arabic script. 3 lines preserved, wide space between the lines. Gives the date of writing (12 Shaʿbān, no year), …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Monograph; probably from a formulary of legal documents, including sections on harshaah and gifts in contemplation of death. (Information from Brody catalog via FGP.)
Verso: fragment from an Arabic-script document in large characters, with wide line spacing. Possibly a state document. Reused by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, thus the dating …
Small fragment with remnants of words in Hebrew.
Beginning of a letter by Yeḥezqel b. Shemuel to the cantor and teacher ʿAbd al-Bāqī Sheʾerit, informing him that he had sent him 20 dirhams …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from the circle of the Mosul Nasis active in the mid-13th century. The names of the sender and addressee are mostly …
Drafts of letters on a strip of parchment. In one, a teacher is reminded to send Abū l-Ḥasan quickly (בשמ רחמ ינעם מולי אלמלמד עלי …
Recto: Aphorisms in Judaeo-Arabic in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. Strangely, for an often-humorous poet, he includes "the one who abandons laughter [is rewarded?] …
Judaeo-Arabic translation of Genesis 16 (the story of Hagar).
Legal literary text in Hebrew, mentions a "bathhouse" in line 13 (מרחץ). Medieval-era. There is faint writing visible in between some of the lines, possibly …
Note by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to a scribe, also named Shelomo, in an urgent tone, to finish the copying of certain books including the targum …
ויהיה בעזרו יכמל ועדה פי מעני תרג'ום מלכים
ואד לם יתהייא מלכים פיכון תרג'ום אלאפאטיר
ואל…
May the gracious and exalted patron R. Solomon, may his Rock preserve him
and come to his aid, be so kind as to fulfill his promise in rega…
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Another 28 folios from the ledger of donations collected in the years around 1800 CE. These entries are for the year 5559 (1798/99). ASE.
Letter(s) sent from Qūṣ to Fustat. Sender and addressee (called only Sayyidnā) remain unidentified. Two fragments, with another piece still missing in between them (if …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic in Maghribi script. 13th century? Greetings to Salāma.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions debits and credits of people and entities such as Ismāʿīl, "the Indian," Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, dīwān al-R[...]. Needs examination.
Recipe for a medicinal syrup (sharāb). (Information from CUDL.)
Engagement (shiddukhin) agreeement between Eliyyahu b. Moshe Riman/Diman/DeMan (?) of Manṣūra and Raḥel known as Kuḥla bt. Ḥassūn. The bride's father is no longer living, …
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Writing exercises
List of names (male and female) with numbers; alms distribution list. At the top of verso it says "recipients of charity in Jerusalem." Names on …
Letter(s) in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic containing many terms of praise, mentioning Moshe, [David] ha-Sar ha-Ṭafsar, [...] ha-Kohen the cantor, and R. Ḥalfon. May be a …
Small fragment, probably a document. In Arabic script. Very faded/damaged. Needs examination.
Draft of a legal document, notably made in a mixed Qaraite-Rabbanite court. Agreement by two parties in a complicated inheritance case stipulating obligations should one …
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Donation of agricultural floodland from one sister to another – 30 December 1909CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 35) – in Arabic, and …
Recto: Commercial settlement (peshara), a draft, involving Yosef b. Sedaqa and Nissim - with names of the witnesses (not signatures): Avraham b. Ḥalfon, Shemuel b. …
Legal document. Bill of divorce, Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 5 Av 1476 (16 July 1165). This bill of divorce is one of forty under the T-S 10J2 …
Mentions names such as Abū Naṣr; Ibn Qayyūma; Ibn al-Fakhkhār. Mentions commodities such as flax, brazilwood, cinnamon, and pepper. Also mentions חאמס = ḥamas = …
Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Giving alchemical recipes, occult correspondences between celestial objects and metals (called ʿaqāqīr), and handy recipes for getting stains, e.g. saffron stains, …
Legal document. Fragment (upper right corner). Dating: 16th century. Debt contract in which Masʿūd acknowledges a debt of 23 ducats (peraḥim zahav dīwānī). Also mentions …
Letter from Shimʿon to Yosef. In Hebrew. Probably late and related to the northern Iraqi material in the rest of the HUC collection.
Petition from a group of people to a chief vizier (Sayyid al-Wuzarāʾ) titled "al-Kāmilī." In Arabic script. Fragment (upper half only). The petitioners complain that …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. Addressed to al-Kohen al-Peqid(?). Giving instructions concerning a visit(?) of Eliyyahu the Judge. Needs further examination.
Accounts in Arabic script (one side) and Judaeo-Arabic (other side). Mentions various dates and periods of time. Also mentions the name ʿImrān.
Letter from Shelomo ha-[...] to semarya [...]. The writer informs him that he (or perhaps someone else) has reached Hanes (Tannis). (Information from the Cambridge …
List, mainly of women's names. E.g. bint al-ṬZ[...], bint Zekharya, bint al-BLN[...]. Recto is in a different hand.
Unidentified text in Arabic script, in red ink. Mentions flour and "al-ḥajar al-...".
Medical prescription in Arabic script.
Biblical fragment in an old-Persianate Hebrew hand.
Legal document, part of the court register of the Jerusalemite synagogue in Fustāt. The parties involved are Shelomo b. Kathīr and Barhūn b. Sahlān the …
Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Not much of the content is preserved. Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe? (Information in part from …
Probably a legal document in Judaeo-Arabic, late. Mentions an Amīr Yūsuf [...] and "all the demands and all the debts. . . " incumbent on …
Small fragment of a letter, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū Saʿīd. May mention the messiah (אלמושיח).
Recto (original use): One line from a Fatimid state document, likely instructing the addressee to release funds to someone: واطلق له ما وجب الى . …