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A letter to the community of Vilna
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Legal document in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel Ha-Ḥaver, Fustat. Concerning marrying a second wife, and conditions with the first wife.
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Judaeo-Persian seliḥot, with some Hebrew mixed in. ASE
Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel ha-Sefaradi to Sar Shalom b. Ḥiyya (?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Very deferential. Almost the entirety of the letter consists of greetings …
Legal document. In which Yeshuʿa b. Avraham enumerates before the court the items that he has in his possession from the estate of the late …
Fragment of a report in Arabic script about fiscal matters (fishy accounting?). Mentions the large figure of 1,000 dinars. Needs further examination. On verso there …
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On recto, possibly a draft of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-ʿAlāʾ the brother(?) of Saniyy al-Dawla. In the margins of recto, the …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Legal document giving the testimony of Shelomo (aqūl anā shelomo....), and mentioning Elʿazar and Yeshuʿa and release formulae. (Information from CUDL)
Damaged accounts, with some signs of fibrous material possibly emerging from the paper. In the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions quantities in manns. Otherwise …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late, perhaps 15th- or 16th-century. There may be a full date in the upper left corner of the verso: Shaʿabān ____[?]. Some …
Document in Arabic, perhaps accounts. Medieval-era. The document was reused for a text in Hebrew. Requires further examination.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Probably in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe.
Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat to Abu al-Faraj Daniel b. Allan ha-Kohen in Alexandria, discussing the problem of the ransom of captives and …
[כתאבי] יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעא[דתך]
[ונעמ]תך מן מצר לי'ב' כלון מן אב ערפך אללה ואי/א/נא ברכתה [ ]
ו[י]זכינא…
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Fragment of a text in Latin script, possibly Castilian Spanish. Requires further examination.
Private accounts in Arabic script.
Text about the medicinal and other qualities of foods.
State document. Dated: Jumādā I 524. There are registration marks/notes at the top. Looks very interesting, possibly mentioning taxation, Ibrāhīm al-Armanī, "the sect of the …
Verso: Arabic (fiscal?) account for Dhū l-Ḥijja.
A fragment from a ketubah containing part of the dowry list
Fragment from the bottom of a legal document. The last three lines of the main document are partially preserved (... 14[..] Seleucid... on the Nile... …
Letter from Sa'dan b. Thabit al-Baghdadi from Tripoli to a colleague in Cairo asking him to take care of his son, whom he had sent …
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Rhymed text (-bī) in Judaeo-Arabic. This may be a poem in honor of Rabbi Avraham. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. (Information in part …
Letter addressed to the Nasi Yoshiyyahu. Dating: ca. 1230s CE. In Judaeo-Arabic with some interspersed Arabic script. Mentions the addressee going before the ruler (אלמולא …
Liturgical.
Bifolio with a list of names and numerical figures in the upper right corner of the recto. Medieval-era. Names such as Barakāt and ʿAbd al-Karīm. …
Verso (original use): Fragment (lower left corner) of a petition or other state correspondence in Arabic script. Ends with ṣalwala and ḥasbala. Needs examination.
Verso: fragment of an account mentioning, at top, the end of the month of Shaʿbān 403; below, after a blank space, a payment of 102⅓ …
واخرها شعبان سنة ثلث واربعمية
من العين ماية ؟
ثلث
الناىب … الدعوة …
حسبني لحكم العزيز حسابا في الشهر اربع ماىة
نصف وثلث
من ج…
Medical recipes or prescriptions, probably. In Arabic script. Needs examination.
Literary discussion on the use of the Era of Documents and other calendars. - needs examination.
Minute fragment from the bottom of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138). Signed by [...] Hakohen b. Halfon.
Letter from Ḥayyūn to 'the noble merchant, the noble Kohen.' The sender has sent the 'qaḍīb'(?) along with 4 dinars with Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf. A …
Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic with some western Arabic numerals. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century.
Bifolium from a Judaeo-Arabic treatise on kosher and unkosher meat, including instructions for how to cook meat.
Accounts and lists in a register. Dated: 5558 AM, which is 1797/1798 CE. (Information in part from FGP)
Tables in Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals, divided into rectangular boxes. Needs further examination.
Provides minimal information on the calendar. Perhaps intended as a aid for those who were already knowledgable about calendar calculations. Includes the Palestinian calendar rule …
Small scrap with both Hebrew and Arabic characters, may be documentary.
Letter and panegyric from ʿEli b. ʿAmram the ḥaver to Shemuel ha-Nagid Ibn Naghrela of Granada. Dating: Before 1056 CE (the year of the death …
Rhymed opening of letter to "the great cantor Hillel." Excellent script, large space between the lines, obscure vocabulary. JP
Legal fragment. In Arabic script. The beginnings of the lines and the right margin are preserved. The first line after the basmala may read, "we …
Fragment from the history of Netira and his sons, as was told by Natan b. Yishak ha-Bavli, from “Akbar Baghdad”. (Information from Gil, Kingdom. Vol. …
Epistolary with letter formularies, including one for congratulating a person on the birth of a daughter and another for congratulating a brother on his marriage. …
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Story in Judaeo-Arabic. Reminiscent of the 1001 Nights, in that they tell of a clever woman in the palace of the king, answering riddles, etc. …
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Dated: 1 Kislev 1[4]12 Seleucid (1100 CE). Signed by Ḥillel b. ʿEli and Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Husband: Shela b. Yehuda. Wife: …
Fragment of a letter addressed to a community. With the introduction in Hebrew (שלומות רבות בברכות . . . סביבות לכל הקהל הקדוש השוכנים . …
Hebrew formulary of congratulations for a Nagid at his appointment. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. 3 lines from near the beginning. Conveying holiday wishes for Sukkot. Wide space between the lines.
Unidentified. Might be from a legal discussion of some sort.