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Part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender refers to being captured or imprisoned twice and then to ransom (קד אסתפכית פדיון). Might be a …
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Part of a ketubba for [...]rta bt. Ṣedaqa b. David ha-Kohen and Mevorakh. The date and location are not preserved. Witnessed by [...] ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver …
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Business letter from Mūsā b. Dāwūd / Moshe b. David al-Levi al-Miṣrī to Mubārak/Mevorakh b. Avraham Ibn Sabrā. In Arabic script, with the address in …
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Small fragment of a document in Arabic script, likely accounts of some sort.
Litigation in court concerning an inheritance, in Damsis. The two heirs of the late Ḥalfon ha-Kohen, Hilāl and Abū l-Karam, are the litigants.The former accuses …
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Page from a large ledger of communal contributions c. 1800 CE.
Bifolium from a kabbalistic and/or magical work in Judaeo-Arabic as well as Hebrew and Aramaic.
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mostly greetings with a brief mention of business transactions in the …
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Recto (secondary use): Petition draft in Arabic script. The sender thanks the addressee for employing him in government service (khidma). Mentions "al-dawāwīn al-maʿmūra." The variants …
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Possibly geomancy. The name Ḥayyim b. [...] appears at the bottom. Late.
Order of payment from Ibn al-Rayyis: Abū l-Ḥasan is to pay 26 dirhams to the bearer.
Un-conserved, so no numbers allocated to each fragment yet. Among the five minute frgaments in this folder there is one legal document written by Efrayim …
Oath to be made by [...] al-Parnas b. Yaʿaqov regarding 12 dinars owed to him by Avraham al-Malījī b. Mevorakh for jewelry. Mentions Ibn Ṣalḥūn.
Legal document in Arabic script. The beginnings of ~4 lines are preserved. Involving a woman. Mentions 100 qinṭārs of something. Needs further examination.
Family letter from Meir b. Hillel b. Sadoq to his son. The letter reflects the personal and economic distress of the writer, who was far …
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Minute fragment of text in Hebrew script, a few partial words are visible alongside the names Menashshe and Sulaymān. Medieval-era, based on the paleography..
Recto: note from Khalīfa Ḥasan. Verso: letter by Meʿir Ben-Naʿīm (fl. 1785-1825 CE) to Khalīfa Ḥasan concerning business matters. 18th-19th century. (MCD with information from …
Legal document. Extremely faded. Fragmentary (upper left corner). Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. The portion preserved here consists of the identification of the party or parties and …
Letter fragment from Ṭoviya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. The carrier of the note is an in-law. The writer's handwriting is …
Small fragment of an account in Arabic script. Mentions the month Dhū l-Qaʿda and various numbers.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a rescript (tawqīʿ). Probably in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi.
IB II, 28 + 29. Letter from Madmun b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju: safe conduct and assistance for brother. Aden, ca. 1145. Join: M. …
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Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Hilāl al-Baghdādī (=Ḥalfon's brother-in-law ʿEli b. Hillel). In Judaeo-Arabic. …
Legal record (#55) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 19v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated Shevat 5323 AM …
Letter from Moshe Zussman, in Cairo, to his mother Rachel b. Avraham Zussman of Prague, in Jerusalem. In Hebrew and Yiddish.
Literary text, in Arabic script. A student rebukes his teacher and recounts how he didn't stay true to his words. The first section ends ويزفوها …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. ...סם עליה בחק אלתורה אדא אכת עמך... ולא יגוז אן ירד סואלי פי הדא...
Letter addressed to a dignitary named Yefet. Opens with Hebrew praises and wishes for a speedy recovery, then switches into Arabic (in Arabic script) for …
Letter from Abū Saʿīd to his son. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th century. The son was ill. He asks the addressee to forward legal …
Legal document fragment dated Tammuz 1009 CE (1320 Seleucid) involving a certain David b. [...], mentioning a guardianship.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Printed Haggada in Ladino and Hebrew.
Recto: Legal deed (part) for the sale of a house with an orchard on the Jazīra, "between the two rivers and the two bridges." Sold …
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Small and damaged fragment from a prenuptial agreement. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE) in his cursive hand. From the little that …
Arabic, literary.
Recto: Deed of release, in which Mufarrij releases Yehuda b. Moshe ('beḥir ha-yeshiva'), likely Yehuda b. Moshe Ibn Sughmār. Verso: legal document concerning a complicated …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Recto: Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-ʿIzz. In Judaeo-Arabic. He writes that he intends to come today with two witnesses to document how …
Legal record (#26) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 7r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 25-27) Folio 7r
P15: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Mentions a certain Abū ʿAlī. Likely a join with P14. T-S Misc.28.79.2 and T-S Misc.28.79.15 …
Literary. Discussing angels, lightning, the revelation of Isaiah.
Possibly a legal note or account. Looks late. Mentions Yosef, al-Kohen, and Abū Saʿīd.
Ketubbah of Meshullam ha-Kohen (groom). Few words from the beginning of travel stipulation survived. No further details are preserved. AA
Recto: the beginning of a letter. Verso: one line of very faint script. (Information from CUDL)
Drafts of dozens of documents including letters/petitions to amīrs, mostly in Arabic script. There is also a recipe or prescription.
Notebook of advice composed in reply to questions about a wide variety of matters, e.g. seeking office, choosing a profession, taking a wife, going on …
State correspondence, probably from a lower state official to a higher subordinate because a rescript (tawqīʿ) is mentioned in the last line, but it could …
Account, probably 19th c. Names, with numbers expressed in Indo-Arabic numerals.
Fragment of a ketubba. In the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi. After 1176 based on the appearance of the Immersion stipulation.
Recto: beginning of a piyyuṭ, יודעי יגוני, by Judah ha-Levi. Verso: jottings in Arabic script. (Information from CUDL)