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Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (lower right corner). Written on behalf of somebody begging for charity from …
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Small fragment from a ketubah. AA
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Unidentified fragmentary text, in Arabic script.
Marriage contract containing a list of jewelry apparently of Syro-Palestinian manufacture, to be sold by Shemuel b. Ḥasan two months after the signing of this …
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Legal document written in Fusṭāṭ, mentioning ha-Levi b. [...] and the elder Abū ʿAlī. (Information from CUDL)
Literary. Some sort of narration in Judaeo-Arabic with each sentence introduced by ʿabartu ʿalā bāb so-and-so (the עֿ and עבֿ are abbreviations for עברת). On …
Fol. 3r: Remnants of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
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Verso: Note in a crude hand instructing Abū Naṣr b. Abū l-Maʿālī to immediately present before the court.
Substantial fragment of an elaborate, calligraphic calendar, in Hebrew, giving corespondences between the Hebrew and Islamic calendars. A year does not appear anywhere, but it …
Accounts. In Arabic script. Detailed and relatively legible. Many expenses listed for construction/renovation expenses.
Recto: Letter in Arabic script. The glyph appears at the top. The hand is skilled and the margins are large, and there is a taqbīl …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
وصلت رقعة مولاي اطال الله بقاه
ادام تائيدها ونعماها ومن حسن توفيقه
لا اخلاها وقراتها وفهمت مضمونها وشكرت
الله تعالى …
One of two drafts (the other is Moss. Ia,7) of a curious and obsequious letter from a man whose handwriting is known, apparently to a …
Letter from Abū l-Ḥayy b. Ṣāliḥ al-Ṣabbāgh, in Palermo, to Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1050 CE. The sender came to Palermo …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Ibn al-Nagid is mentioned. There is one line in Arabic script at the bottom. From line 6 onward, written in the hand …
Interesting fragment of a grid containing prognostications in Judaeo-Arabic with interspersed Arabic for various questions. E.g., "This man swore falsely" or "This woman will become …
On recto rhymed verses, probably from an opening of a letter. On verso verses from the Prophets, in a big, childish hand
Accounts in Arabic, a date may appear in line two in connection with the month Ramaḍān. (VMR)
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–1138).
Letter from Ḥusayn ibn Ḥasan al-Kanzī to the Nubian eparch Uruwī in Ibrīm. Ḥusayn writes that he has received Uruwī's letter, delivered by Uruwī's slave …
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Lease of an apartment of the Qodesh ca. 1180. Abu'l-Bayan, one of the prominent parnasim of this period, leases an apartment, which is in a …
Al-Shaykh Abūʾl-Faḍl al-Parnās b. R. Aaron ha-Levi, of blessed memory, rented from al-Shaykh
Abūʾl-Bayān al-Jābī b. Elazar ha-Levi, of bl…
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Legal notes. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Recto: Something involving a woman and her father; profit; half of a house. Dated: Monday, 18 …
Fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Dating: 1127–38 CE, due to the fact that we find part …
Minute fragment. Two words from an opening of a legal deed
Letter fragment in Hebrew. Very deferential; blesssings to the addressee's sons. On verso there is Hebrew piyyut.
Drafts of a note to a certain Abū l-ʿIzz. No content preserved. Pen trials on verso.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Accounts, probably. In Arabic script. Mentions the name Abū l-ʿAlāʾ and various numbers. On verso there is a piyyuṭ based on the 10 commandments.
Poetic letter of congratulations, from the Ḥaver, thein-law of the 'head,' Abū Is[ḥāq] b. Saʿadya, to Yeshuʿa b. Yehuda, on the occasion of the circumcision …
(b) Perhaps the response. What remains begins on verso (the beginning is missing) and spills over onto recto. This letter is written in a crude …
כתב וכתאב צאחב אלעיאדא (?) ותדפעה למן [[שיתה]]
שיתם וכל מן גא נקול אן סעאדה ובני נוח (?) רקו פצ…
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Drawn up under the authority of the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh (ca. 1112–26 CE). It is …
Original use: Brief fiscal document in Arabic, mentioning a dīwān, a person's name, and several numbers. Reuse: Prognostications in Judaeo-Arabic. Appears to be the same …
Public prayer (mi sheberakh) for a representative of the merchants ("neʾeman ha-soḥarim") named Moshe ha-Kohen in gratitude for his works of charity on behalf of …
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Calendar. Giving conversions between various calendars, including Julian/Gregorian. Verso: Accounts (or grocery list?) in Judaeo-Arabic. Firewood, spices, salt, . . . , raisins, sesame, eggs.
Eclectic set of documents sharing a single folio. Dating: Early 15th century, probably. Recto: Letter copies. In Hebrew. The first letter mentions the Mourners of …
Fragments of responsa, at least one of which deals with property division between brothers. The paleography supports a dating estimate between the 15th-17th centuries. The …
Letter from Abū Zikrī to his father Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 12th or early 13th century. The letter conveys eloquent greetings for …
Document with several lines of Arabic script. The fragment also contains a red grid with a calendrical table in Hebrew, listing years such as 5230–44 …
Small and very damaged fragment, barely legible, probably from a letter
Legal fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Written and signed by Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE), at least one partial signature may appear on the lower right …
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Acknowledgement (iqrār) in Arabic script. Mamluk-era? On verso there is an addendum involving ʿAbd al-Dāʾim and a Rabbanite Jew, who is also a perfumer/druggist (al-ʿaṭṭār). …
Fragment of a legal deed, probably regarding a partnership between Yosef and Yaʿqūb. Looks like the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Mentions a period of …
Accounts in a crude hand (previously misidentified as that of ʿArūs) mentioning money and quantities of various commodities received from a druggist, such as tamarind, …
Legal document, probably, in Arabic script. Fragmentary name at the bottom [....] b. ʿImrān and a date Dhū l-Qaʿda [x]26. The last line might read …
Verso: Fragment in Arabic of potential documentary interest, medieval-era. The recto was reused for Hebew-language piyyut. Requires further examination.
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like the handwriting of Yefet b. Menashshe. Mentions various commodities: purging cassia (khiyār shanbar), white poppy (khashkhāsh abyaḍ), red lead …
Letter addressed to Yosef ha-Kohen b. Simha, asking for help. In Hebrew. The writer was hit by a crisis that forced him into poverty and …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in a very cursive hand (that of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu?). Items purchased include 10 sheets of Baghdādī paper; the books of, …
Letter from Salmān b. Dawud al-Barqi, probably from Tripoli, Libya, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Mentions beads and ships, but most of the letter is …
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