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Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The first few lines and the last few lines are missing. Somebody forfeits …
No Scholarship Records
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Twelfth-century Spanish hand, similar to several documents from India Book IV (e.g., ח44 and ח45). Only a few phrases …
Accounts, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38 CE). Two fragments from the top. Seems to be the resolution/settlement of a …
Money order of the Qodesh. Ca. 1162-63. The judge Shemuel b. Saadya ha-Levi wrote and signed an order to pay 9.5 dirhams to the children …
The collectors of the Estate of the Jerusalemites shall pay to the children
of Hiba, the brother of Abū (I)sḥaq al-Mukārī, 9 1/2 dir.
fr…
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Small fragment of a dowry list, probably from a ketubah. AA
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to someone addressed as "al-majlis" regarding communal issues. May mention people who are violating a ruling of the addressee; …
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Recto: one line from the superscription of a ketubba. Verso: probably an Arabic document. (Information from CUDL)
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List of names and numbers (donors list? distribution list?) in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions Bū l-ʿAlāʾ and Ibn al-Ḥāshir ("son of the tax …
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda, probably to Avraham b. Sahlan (died ca. 1032). Dating: approximately 1026 (per Gil) but it is worth noting that Shelomo …
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Two pages from an Arabic literary text on logic (manṭiq), pivoting around the theme of qiyās.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter from Daniʾel b. ʿAzarya regarding trade, including the purchase of merchandise and payments. The writer's distress is shown from the letter. Was probably written …
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Letter fragment, or maybe drafts/formularies. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Almost the entirety of what is preserved consists of flattery and blessings.
Accounts in Hebrew and Arabic script, mentioning names such as Abū l-Barakāt, Abū l-Makārim, Abū Saʿd, and quantities of currency. On verso jottings written across …
Receipt of payment, in the name of Dāʾūd al-Yahūdī al-Quḍāʿī for renting two floors in a caravanserai (wikāla). Dated: Shaʿbān 1163 AH = July/August 1750 …
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Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on the back of a business letter. 11th century
Fragment from the beginning of a letter. Very faded. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Reused on recto for pen trials of the beginning of a …
Legal draft. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. No signatures. Dating: The document itself does not appear to be dated but mentions another document from the year 5514 …
Letter from Ibrāhīm b. Abī l-Ḥayy, from Alexandria, to his brother Mūsā. Around 1075. The writer is worried about their sister, Jarba, who is about …
כתאבי יאכי וסידי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך
וסעאדתך וסלאמתך מן אסכנדריה ליב כלת מן שהר אייר ען סלאמה
ונעמה ושוק אליך קרב …
Letter from a Sicilian who had come to Egypt in order to study with Moses Maimonides and with Yiṣḥaq b. Sason. Despite his long sojourn …
Probably a prescription or recipe in Judaeo-Arabic.
Un-conserved. Fragment of a letter contains personal and business issues. Probably 13th century.
Beginning of a letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (upper right corner). Written on behalf of a group …
Deed of gift to an engaged woman. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1440 Seleucid, which is 1128/29 CE. This gift was …
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Letter/petition probably from ʿAmram b. Aharon ha-Kohen "the seventh" (the son-in-law of the head of the Palestinian Yeshiva, Evyatar b. Eliyyahu ha-Kohen) to "our rabbi …
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]אתר[ ]ה אשרח יסיר ממא
שרחה סיידנא ראם אלמתיבה יסתירו
אלהינו בסתר תכפיו פי כתאבה ממא
קד בלגת אליה חאלתה ואנה קד
בקי לק…
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Legal deed written by Avraham b. Natan Av (or rather Hillel b. ʿEli?). Probably a bill of release. Unsigned. On recto there is a piyyut …
Bifolium from the Kuzari. Known handwriting?
Verso (original use): Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Damaged and faded; difficult to extract any information. Mentions sending something with the couriers (fuyūj). …
Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Recto: Decision of the court on repairs in a compound partly owned by the Qodesh. Dated: …
(1-2) .... and if it is not carried out, and if …. not
…. and his children in a grave danger of ….
assessment, (in which) he proposed…
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Verso: Three lists in Arabic script. One of them (underneath the Hebrew script, at 90 degrees to the other two text blocks) consists of business …
Tiny fragment. There are a few words in Hebrew script on one side and in Arabic script on the other.
Minute printed fragment, in square Hebrew script. Refers to the Lekh Lekha parsha on the verso, and the following line is "ותדבר ישרא[ל."
Extensive writing exercises in which the instructor provided the Hebrew alphabet in model handwriting for a student to repeat. The student's surname Palonbo (Palombo) appears …
Fine, calligraphic ketubba. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 20 Shevaṭ 1361 Seleucid = 16 January 1050 CE. Bride: Sitt al-Dār bt. Abū l-Ṭayyib Ḥananya ha-Levi ha-Parnas. …
Legal document, Qaraite. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Sunday, 15 Iyyar 5418 AM, which is 1658 CE. Involves Aharon Rofe Rosh Mishmarah b. Elʿazar ____[?] ha-Ḥazzan …
Letter from Mūsā b. Yaʿaqov al-Miṣrī, in Malīj, to Yosef b. David b. Shaʿyā, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1056 CE. The writer deals with selling …
[ ] מולי אלשיך מן מליג יום אל
[ ] ען סלאמה ללה
[תקדמת כת]בי עדה אליך אעלמתך
[ ]ין קבל וצול סידי אבו
[ ] ונצף ורבע ואתנין
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Document(s) in Arabic, medieval-era. Recto is formatted like an order or receipt. Verso has 5 lines of text including multiple dates (e.g. al-ʿāshir min rabiʿ …
Arabic script (VMR)
Multifragment. Sharing this shelfmark are several distinct documents, including letters and lists, mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, mainly late. Image A29-23 may be a legal formulary related …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Spanish or Spanish-influenced hand, calligraphically written. High register and rhyming. The content is mostly formulaic. Dating: perhaps 12th century.
Legal document. Dated: Av 1452 Seleucid = July/August 1141 CE (month based on the phrase יהפך לשמחה). Involves 16 dinars; possibly silk which was purchased; …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer complains about lack of news and mentions various modest sums in dirhams.
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic, in a lovely hand. Mentions a period of 1 year; "my brother Ibrāhīm"; possibly someone asking "have you married?" and the …