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Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Mentions 'the fairness of his honor our prince' (inṣāf ḥaḍrat sarenu). On verso there is a text in Hebrew.
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There are 13 items under this shelfmark. 105/13: Letter of appeal for charity from Ṭoviya Ashkenazi. In Hebrew. Dating: Catalogued as 16th century.
Recto: Fragment of a legal document, referring to transactions and mentioning Ibn al-Bayrūtī and ‘in the hand of Abū ʿAlī ha-Levi’. Verso: jottings. (Information from …
Legal document. Record of release. Dated: August 9, 1077. Location: Alexandria. This release document, written in the Alexandria rabbinical court, concerns a partnership between Yosef …
שהדותא דהות באנפ[נא] אנן שהדי דח | תמות ידנא לתחתא בכתבא דנן כן הוה חצרא אלינא
מ יוסף ביר יאשיה נ[ע אל]מערוף בן אל | דהבי ומ כלף בן עזרון ו…
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IB V, 4. Letter fragment. In the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen (according to Goitein's notes). Mentions Sayyidnā, al-Shaykh Maḍmūn, Ismāʿīl al-Majjānī; the kārim convoy …
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Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a rudimentary hand and spellings. Written on parchment. Contains praises for somebody's piety.
Note with instructions to draw up a draft of a marriage contract leaving out the names of the bride and groom. (Information from Goitein's index …
Recto: accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning names such as al-Parnas, Abū l-Surūr al-Dumyāṭī, Yeshuʿa, al-Qazzāz, Salāma b. Saʿīd (the "b." is written with a nun sofit …
Geʾonic responsa. (Information from CUDL)
Letter fragment, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions R. Eliʿ[ezer]
Verso: Letter in Arabic script. The Arabic document is the first page of a letter. The formulaic greetings extend to three lines from the bottom, …
Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Dating: Probably late Mamluk or Ottoman. Narration of commercial trade accounts. The word 'qabaḍ' appears in prolific numbers associated usually …
Small fragment with Arabic script. State document? ENA 3695.4, ENA 3695.5, and ENA 3695.8 all look very similar, might be from the same original document.
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Recto: Beginning of a letter or sermon in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a group of people: "yā aṣḥābnā!" Exhorting them that (false?) accusations are bad and …
Letter fragment asking for a favor and stating that the writer relies on God and on the recipient for the solution of the matter. Mentions …
Commercial letter from Pinto & Suarez to Eliyya Saʿd and Yaʿaqov Shalom, in Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic, with an "IS" logo in Latin script next to …
Letter addressed to a cantor. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). The sender greets the entire congregation. Mentions [al-Shaykh] al-Sadīd Zikrī. There are prayers for …
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Writing on both sides. Dealing with a partnership (muʿāmala) and mentioning the sums …
Medical recipes in Ladino.
Letter from Yūsuf b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, in Alexandria, probably to Barhūn b. Isḥāq, in al-Mahdiyya. The writer mentions details concerning goods from the Maghreb and …
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי [אטאל] אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך [
וכאן לך וליא וחאפטא [ו] צר[ף אלא]סוא [ענך] ברחמתה מן ס[כנדרי]א נצף תמוז [ען חא…
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Literary text, in Arabic script, with red markings.
Letter from ʿAwāḍ b. Ḥananel from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, ca. 1060. In the handwriting of Avraham b. Abi al-Hayy and concerning business …
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Legal record (#58) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 15v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 58-59) Folio 15v
Letter from Moshe b. Peraḥya, the muqaddam of Minyat Ghamr, to a prominent scholar in the capital. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 1230s–40s (the last years …
Ottoman-era accounts.
Letter dated on Monday June 15 1953CE from a person to al-maʿallim "Nanafafa" expressing his happiness in sending him a letter informing him that he …
IB IV, 30 (ח27). Letter from Yosef Ibn ʿEzra and Avraham b. Muʿṭī, in Tilimsān, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, with some …
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Order. In Judaeo-Arabic. Sulaymān Kohen tells the addressee to give two ounces of lemon and rose (syrups?) to Abū l-Faraj. (This Sulaymān Kohen may be …
Part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only formulaic expressions of longing are preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)
Recto: Fragment of a literary text in Arabic. Verso: Fragment of a text in Hebrew. Needs further examination.
Letter in early Judaeo-Persian. Dating: ca. 790. Matters discussed include the local ruler and his daughter, a trade deal or gift exchange with them involving …
Small fragment from a legal document in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi. Possibly a will, or simply a debt contract, as …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Legal fragment. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning "if the two of them provide for our funeral shroud/clothing" (fa-innahumā in kafanānā); also mentions the term istiḥlāf (making …
List of names in a very cursive hand in Judaeo-Arabic. Including Bū ʿAlī Ibn al-Amshāṭī al-Dayyān(?); the boy of the Mosuli; and [...] Ibn al-Labbān.
Legal records. Dating: ca. 1100? (I) Trousseau list. Bride: Malīḥa bt. Moshe. Groom: Ṣedaqa b. Sason ha-Kohen. Payments: 20 + 5. Total: 95. (II) Another …
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Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (lower right corner). Mentions a woman and her father Munajjā (possibly …
Bill of divorce given by Ya'ir b. David, known as Ibn Sulimān, to his wife Sitt al-Naẓar bnt. Moshe. Fusṭāṭ, Monday 5th of Shevat 1456 …
Minute blank fragment
Quran. Bifolium from a codex. Containing part of Sūrat al-Maʿārij (70) and Sūrat al-Nūḥ (71).
Letter in Arabic script, beautifully written. Fragment (right side of the page, only the beginnings of the lines are preserved). Addressed to Fusṭāṭ. Little of …
Recto: Literary text, or possibly an amulet, in Hebrew. On verso there is also Hebrew script, but it is completely erased by being covered with …
Letter fragment containing only praises for the addressee in Hebrew. The address is written in both Arabic and Hebrew. None of the names or content …
A leaf from a court register. Contains four different entries, dated to Nissan and Sivan 1409 Sel. (Spring 1098 CE). On left hand side of …
Accounts in a common hand (previously misattributed to ʿArūs b. Yosef), mentioning names such as Abū ʿImrān, al-Rūmī and Abū Saʿd. (Information in part from …
Ketubba fragment (perhaps Palestinian) mentioning a payment of 12 zuz (in keeping with the Palestinian tradition). Signed by Elʿazar b. Yosef. Not mentioned in the …
Court record written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Ṭevet 1432 Seleucid, which is December 1120 CE. Detailing …
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Fragment of a text or document with the layout of a letter, but the main portion of which is entirely a biblical citation about Levites. …
Legal document in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Fragment from the beginning of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. The muqirr is [...] Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Ghaniyy b. ʿAbd al-Malik.