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Small fragment from a marriage contract.
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Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides, r. 1205–1237 CE. Abū l-Majd is to give 4 dirhams to the bearer (a teacher) for …
Letter from Yosef b. ʿEzra to 'my brother' Avraham b. ʿAṭāʾ (probably the same one as in Bodl. MS heb. d 66/36). In Judaeo-Arabic. Few …
Poetic letter, in honor of the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya and his son Saʿadya, probably on the occasion of the latter's birth. (Information from CUDL …
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Fragment of a bifolio. Probably a contributors list. Late.
Verso: Fatimid decree fragment. Three words preserved. (MR)
Verso: Legal document (unfinished draft) concerning a financial agreement between Ibrahim b. Abū l-Faḍl and Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-ʿAlā. (Information in part from CUDL.) …
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Record of a marriage contract mentioning a marriage gift of 5 dinars and payment of 10 dinars at termination of the marriage. The words of …
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Document in Arabic, possibly. Medieval-era. The openings of two lines are visible, the latter: "وينهى انه رجل". Reused for atbash alphabetical practice. Requires further examination.
Letter in Arabic script. Concerning 'the going up' of an enslaved singing woman (ṭulūʿ al-mughanniya). "I sent Luʾluʾ... with her another person from her place …
Letter from someone, probably in Barqa, to his or her "father" the judge Mūsā b. ʿImrān (or else this Mūsā is simply mentioned in the …
Testimony signed by Aharon ha-Kohen b. Amram and two others regarding the kashruth (ritual lawfulness) of some cheese made by the Karaites (of Samaritiqa, a …
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Tax receipt for Nuṣayr b. Saʿīd. Dated: 5[..] AH (~12th century CE).
Literary text, probably a prayer, in Arabic script. "الانعام توسل به" - "the beasts seek intercession through him".
Pleas and prayers to God for the sake of the people of Israel – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 188) – in …
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
Letter, or official document. The only readable phrase is "ويشهد بسرعة الفرج". Ḥamdala and Ṣalwala towards the end of the preserved text.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Late Hebrew letter in a cursive hand. On verso a drawing and few words
Table of Arabic and Hebrew letters. Symbols and/or letters from other languages may also be present. This fragment may have served as a learning aid …
Draft of an Arabic-script legal document or credit instrument. Documenting a debt of 20 dinars. Written on 11 Shaʿbān [.]39 AH. Mentions names such as …
Fragment of a letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic, apparently to the Nagid. Appealing for help as well as help for a woman oppressed by her husband. Her …
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Letter fragment, probably, in Arabic script. Extremely fragmentary.
Karaite bill of debt. Dated Wednesday 23 Iyyar 5410 AM (1650 CE). Yeshuʿa b. Shelomo Levi acknowledges a debt of 4 guruş kilāb (esedi guruş/Lion …
Debt contract for a sum of 300 dirhams. One of the parties is Hiba. Written and signed by Moshe b. Aharon ha-Kohen. There is an …
Jottings of a court scribe. List in Judaeo-Arabic on recto, two entries represent the amounts of "initial" and "delayed" payments (perhaps a dowry). Medieval-era. There …
An account in librae and solidi with a sum in librae (quantity obscured) and solidi VI (Alan Stahl). The informal consensus of a group of …
Legal document, Sunday 3 Adar II 4845 A.M. (1085), Alexandria. Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sighmar appoints Eli ha-Kohen b. Hayyim (=b. Yahya) as his agent …
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Not digitized.
Note on the back of a literary text: "copied for his son Mevorakh b. Natan ha-Kohen ha-Meʿulle ha-Dayyan ha-Muflaʾ."
Part of Megillat ʿOvadya, the autobiographical account of the conversion and travels of ʿOvadya the 12th-century Norman proselyte. See Goitein's article for a detailed discussion. …
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Letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1063. Natan wrote the letter 10 days before Passover. The writer …
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Letter from Nahray b. Natan b. Nahray to Abū l-Faḍl b. Yosef b. David (or rather: Qarawī?). In Judaeo-Arabic. He acknowledges receipt of a letter …
Verso (original use): Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Includes the phrase "anā al-ghāʾib wa-anta al-ḥāḍir." The sender set sail on a boat/ship (وكنت قد اقلعت …
IB VI, 21. Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī (aka Abū Zikrī Kohen). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: first half …
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Quran. Pinholes at the margin ~3–4mm apart.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender seems to be complaining that the addressee did not inform him about the price of saffron; he heard that …
Unidentified (documentary?) text in Hebrew with phrases such as "a generation that has no thorns," "in the letter/document of Damascus," and something forged (מזוייף). Seems …
Copy of a letter addressed to "the ustādh." The titles ʿAḍud al-Dawla wa-Tāj al-[...] appear. Written in Arabic script, in eloquent style but lousy handwriting …
Minute fragment with Arabic text on one side and a rabbinic text on the other.
Magical spells and prayers to angels in Hebrew.
Chronological work, very similar to Seder ʿOlam Zuṭṭa. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index card.
Legal testimonies embedded in a letter format. Testimonies made by Abū l-Khayr and Peraḥya about a physical argument between the leader Abū l-Bahā and Abū …
Small fragment from an Arabic text mentioning an opulent place surrounded by trees, also mentioning a sapphire. Probably the same text as T-S NS 306.165 …
Letter from a family member to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Makhlūf, in Fustat (c/o the shop of the dayyān). In Judaeo-Arabic. Discussing money problems and an …
Fragment of a letter in Ladino. The name of the addressee is preserved, something like: דוד וילייז לובושון.
Ketubba, probably. Small fragment. Very damaged. Reused for an alphabetical (divination?) table on verso.
Recto: Legal deed. Release/quittance in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, granted by Mikhaʾel b. Avraham to his full brother Yosef (shaqīqī... bin Abbā Mārī). …
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