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Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the amīr Sayf al-Dīn and a Jewish physician.
No Scholarship Records
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.
Ottoman-era list, probably in Ottoman siyaket.
Legal fragment. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentions the inspection of a lower apartment and two wood beams. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Fragment of a text in Latin script, possibly Castilian Spanish. Requires further examination.
The fragment almost at upper right (three boxes above the yellow label) looks like part of a letter "min ʿind al-Muwaffaq," ca. 12th or 13th …
A leaf from Avicenna's Qanun, including the chapter on fattening any organ, such as arm, leg, nose, lips, or penis.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Minute fragment containing part of a signature (Natan ha-Kohen).
Donations ledger, ca. 1800 CE. There are several hundred additional joins.
Small fragment of a literary text in Arabic.
Legal document in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver. Dated: 1457 Seleucid = 1145/46 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. …
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Medical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic. Containing many prescriptions, including one "for the womb and hemorrhoids" and another attributed to the book of Isḥāq b. ʿImrān. There …
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Regarding events that happened in the court of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (1127-38) and perhaps some dispute over the distribution of 20 dinars. …
One line from the opening of a letter, likely a writing exercise. Dating: late 18th or 19th century. Addressed to "my dear father the khwājā …
Verso: Letter in the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli referring to how the qāḍī ʿĪsā [..]l al-Mulk Ṣāḥib al-Tartīb known as Ibn Hārūn kisses the …
Thin vertical strip of an Arabic letter. Cut for a binding. Mentions Abū ʿImrān in the closing greetings.
Court record, calligraphically written, from a lawsuit about changing the configuration of the main hall of a house. During the dispute a Muslim judge was …
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Upper part of a will in which the husband of Sutayt bt. Nadiv clarifies that half of the house in which he lives belongs to …
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Brief note in Arabic script addressed to Abū l-Ṭāhir, asking him to 'go down with [...]' and do something as a favor. Reused on verso …
Page from a late Hebrew medical treatise.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 18th or 19th century. Several surnames of merchants from that period appear here (Bibas, Karo).
Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic.
Recto: list of Hebrew names (memorial list / דוכרן טב). Verso: medical prescription in Arabic script. (Information in part from CUDL)
Fragment in Aramaic, probably literary, perhaps poetry.
Marriage-related document. Includes a menstrual purity clause, so no earlier than late 12th century. The handwriting is probably known.
Notes for the drawing up of legal documents. Looks like the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Recto is for a deed involving something "being handed …
Small note saying "please pass by the [...], if they have any need..." (אנעם אבער באלמ . . . אן כאן להם חאגה).
Decree, in Arabic script. 6 lines of a chancery document chopped into pieces and then reused to form quires. The line on fol. 19a has …
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Probably the top of a petition or report addressed to the mutawallī of something.
Marriage contract mentioning in the dowry list, among other garments, a 'jukaniyya,' a garment covering body and head, made of 'white dabiqi'' and worth two …
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Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Shemuel to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that Sitt ʿAnbar is very sick, and she has developed a delusion …
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Letter addressed to Shemuel. Tiny fragment from the beginning. (Information from CUDL)
Recto: part of a letter, mentioning the elder Abū l-[...]. Verso: Letter in Arabic script, probably mercantile mentioning a weight measure, "تخليت عني بوزن". (Information …
Small fragment from the bottom of a document in Arabic.
Fiscal document (account? in table form) with very wide line spacing, in a chancery/fiscal hand. Appears to list at least 12 towns in the upper …
Late family/business letter in Judaeo-Arabic in rudimentary handwriting addressed to 'my father.' Mentions Sulaymān Abū Asʿad in the opening line.
Psalms in Hebrew written in Arabic script. The beginning of the text on the verso is to be found at the end of the leaf …
Will, in which the testator grants a lot of valuable property to various people in his family, including a kānūn sharābiyya (a syrup-maker's brazier?) and …
Accounting in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Listing various debts owed, as well as several entries involving books. One mentions a …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Letter fragment sent to Fustat. In Hebrew. Only the opening lines and the upper marginal text are preserved, in two unusually-oriented diagonal blocks. On verso …
On verso, remnants of a document in Arabic script. Probably a letter, in a super poetic prose (al-shuhūr... al-duhūr...). Needs examination.
Fragment of a decree, probably. The only phrases preserved are a reference to the caliph ("al-imām al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh Amīr al-Muʾminīn," r. 1160–71) and "ʿalā …
Legal document. Fragment (lower right corner). Dated: [..]99 AM, most likely 4799 AM (=1038/39 CE) or 4899 AM (=1138/39 CE). The document mentions Elʿazar ha-Zaqen …
Power of attorney. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: First decade of Nisan 1436 Seleucid, which is 1125 CE. No signatures. …
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 …
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Accounts of a wine dealer (or at least somebody who sells liquid by the jarra) in Judaeo-Arabic. Customers include Makārim al-Ṣayrafī, Barakāt al-Azraq, Maḥāsin b. …