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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Perhaps dated in the upper left corner, but the exact meaning of the month and year unclear. Possibly 962 AH (סבץ).
No Scholarship Records
Small fragment of a legal document, involving [...] al-Ḥāmī and his wife Sutayt bt. ʿAbdallāh al-Khashshāb, and possibly conditions about what happens if he travels …
Still un-conserved, and the pages stick together. Contains at list two letters, one in Arabic and one in Judeo-Arabic. According to the catalogue it is …
Haggada with Judaeo-Arabic translation.
Legal fragment on parchment in Hebrew. Late, but potentially pre-sixteenth century based on the paleography. Inheritance-related document following a woman's death. Mentions the inheritor Yaʿaqov …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The topoi include weakness of vision and hearing and "all day long I sit in the corner of …
Medical. Materia medica. List of medical substances and quantities (see Isaacs, Catalogue) Judeo-Arabic. AA
Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, based on the mention of the ashrafī was which first minted under Sultan al-Ashraf …
Possibly an order for 3 raṭls of something. There is another document joined to it (perhaps these orders were originally written on one larger sheet …
State document. Response to an endorsement on a petition. A multi-handed internal memorandum. Contains endorsements or minutes (or clerks' notes) that haven't yet been deciphered; …
Praise be to God alone and his blessings be upon [our lord Muḥammad, his prophet, and save him]
The servant and slave
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The inst…
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Letter 2, of which only one folio is preserved, is a pro-Babylonian response to a Palestinian polemic on the calendar of 921/2 and on the …
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Letter from someone calling himself Raʾs al-Kull (a title of the yeshiva, in the address) to somebody in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in …
Non-Geniza. Letter from Simḥa b. Ẓadoq, in Lutzk, to his wife Shelomit bt. Yosef ha-Zaqen, in Halych. Dated: 1802 CE.
Recto: Letter from Bū Manṣūr b. Abī Saʿd to Abū Isḥāq al-Talmid al-Muʿallim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Conveying good wishes for the high holidays. The content of …
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Legal fragment, probably. In Arabic script. Mentions Hibatallāh b. Ṣadaqa. Also refers to a period of time ending on the 10th of [...].
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only a thin vertical sliver is preserved. Mentions Fustat (or Egypt) four lines from the end and Almeria three lines from …
Legal record (#118) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 38v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Location: Cairo. Dated: Av …
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Recto: Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to someone with the title al-Shaykh al-Rashīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 1218–38 CE, based on the name of the …
Beginning of a letter, sent by Rav Sherira Gaon to Qayrawan. Dated ca. 970. (Information from Gil)
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Amulets/blessings for newborns. Printed.
Calligraphic list of 29 persons (to be solicited), professions ranging from butcher to physician. A list of potentially related names in Arabic script appears on …
Two damaged fragments of accounts, possibly fused together and/or from the same original document. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Fragments of magnificent Hebrew calligraphy accompanied by a combative note from a scribe: "Furthermore, the wicked inhabitants of Mahdiyya(?) harass me in the work of …
Opening of a letter to Shemuʾel ha-Dayyan- might be Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi (1165-1203). The sender states that his purpose is to inform the addressee …
Informal note from David to a certain Nasi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely early 13th century. The sender reports that he has met with one of …
List of books, mostly rabbinical, mentioning talmudic tractates and several midrashim, including Midrash Shir, Midrash Tanḥuma, Bereshit Rabba, and Mekhilta. (Information from CUDL)
Invitation for attending a gathering at Abu al-Sabāʿ Street in Cairo, and on the page there is a letter between friends in Hebrew – July …
Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Hebrew on verso. Needs examination.
Accounts in Ladino.
Prayer, probably. In Arabic script.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely Tammuz 1232 CE, and almost definitely 1232–37 CE. See below for explanation. Writer and addressee are unidentified. The writer dictated …
Minute fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–1138). One of the parties is Abu Sa'd.
Judaeo-Arabic literary work.
Details of an oath to be taken by Abu al-Ḥasan Qasim as demanded by the haver Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham with regard to a consignment of …
Letter fragment from the lepers of Tiberias to Shelomo b. Eli, probably in Tripoli, Lebanon, approximately 1030. Verso: End of the address.
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יהי אלהנו עזרו וצל סתרו
Small fragment probably from a legal note. Faded and damaged. Refers to "Abū ʿAlī the husband of her sister... Ibn al-Dimyāṭī." In the margin refers …
Probably accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Crude hand and spellings, known from other fragments.
Part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only formulaic expressions of longing are preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)
Recto: Formulary for an elegant letter of condolence in Hebrew upon the death of a woman (described as a model wife, citing verses from Proverbs …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (lower right corner). Location: Cairo. No details of the case preserved; might …
Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). (Ashur, "Engagement and Betrothal documents", 42, no.144). Groom: Aharon. Bride: Sitt al-Ḥusn. …
Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. Interestingly, the Judaeo-Arabic does not appear to be in the hand of ʿArūs. Mentions pepper and zerumbet.
Minute fragment with part of a signature: ʿAmram b. [...]. Medieval-era.
Court notebook in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Fol. 1r: Power of attorney. Dated: Tuesday, 2 Av 1438 Seleucid = 12 …
IB I, 12. Court proceedings from Fustat dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of merchants' …
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Letter requesting authorisation of a collection on behalf of an orphan girl about to marry. (Information from CUDL). “Food and clothing are at the heart …
Letter, possibly a draft, from a man to his family members Moshe and דאני(?). The relationship is unclear: at one point he addresses "my father" …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Persian.