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Closing of a state document containing words of gratitude, ḥamdala, ṣalwala, and ḥasbala. "fa-ūqābil bi-l-shukr ʿalayhi inshāʾ Allāh".
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Minute fragment from the bottom of a (state?) document in Arabic script. The text preserved is just the ḥamdala. Reused for Hebrew liturgical text on …
Left side of an Arabic-script letter. Possibly a petition, or simply a letter that draws on petition-like phrases (this hypothesis is supported by the fact …
Literary text, in Arabic script. Mentions ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib and the Prophet Muḥammad. Probably a fragment of a larger Shīʿī text recounting attributes of …
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Petition or official report (?). Arabic script, wide line-spacing, quasi-chancery hand. Lower left corner; the document was trimmed and reused for a Judaeo-Arabic letter (PGPID …
Literary text, in Arabic script. Fragment from a work of logic (manṭiq), specifically a translation or adapted version of Aristotle's analytics. Verso of the fragment …
Small fragment of a formal Arabic letter or a state document mentioning "the diwan" (wa-ʿalayhi al-dīwān al-maʿ[mūr] and wa-suʾāl al-maml[ū]k).
Letter fragment in Arabic script, maybe official. Dating: looks Mamluk-era. Approximately 5 lines are preserved from the middle of a long rotulus. Needs examination.
Recto: A passage from an Arabic treatise on love and lovers (ʿishq, ʿāshiq, maʿshūq). Verso: Scattered Arabic text, possibly list or accounts. Needs further examination.
Recto: Bifolio, mainly containing an Arabic literary text, probably a fable, beginning with "yā qawm ismaʿū maqālatī" and continuing with the promised proverbs, followed by …
Recto: The opening three lines of a state document or formal letter starting with a basmala and containing mainly honorifics. "al-ḥaḍra al-Sāmiyya al-Ajalliyya al-Shaykhiyya al-Najībiyya …
Letter of complaint, calling on the harassment of Abū l-Najm the filthy "al-Khabīth". Abū l-Najm broke the writer's trust, disobeyed their friendship (lit. sold off …
الى حضرة اخي وسيدي الشيخ ا[….
اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه ونعماه [وجمع الشمل به عن
قريب وانهي للمولى ما لحقني من الشيخ ابي النجم
الخبيث اب…
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Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner). Addressed to a certain Fakhr al-Dawla (al-shaykh al-ajall, 'the esteemed elder'). The sender met with Muḥyī …
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 14 Jumādā II 634 AH (=1236/37 CE). Certifying that Yaʿqūb al-Yahūdī b. [...] al-Māwardī and possibly one other person …
Letter in Arabic script. Dating: Uncertain, maybe late Mamlūk/early Ottoman. The name Abū Ḥamza (?) can be read in the place of the tarjama. Mentions …
Undeciphered document in Arabic script. Possibly a receipt with a signature at the bottom. Needs examination.
Legal document in Arabic script. Perhaps a deed of sale of a property. On parchment. Fragment: the beginnings of ~10 lines are preserved in additional …
Recto Letter fragment. In Arabic script, with very large letters mentioning prior correspondence. The sender appears to be asking the addressee to graciously send him …
Recto: Probably a fragment of a letter in Arabic, very damaged. Legible words include "the lamp/saddle maker" (السراج)." Verso: Probably a fragment of a Hebrew …
Letter or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Almost complete with the top honorifics missing. The writer confirms receiving 4 dīnars (of tax?) and he set …
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Recto: Letter in Arabic script. This is a long, dense, and well-preserved family/mercantile letter. Mentions grains and produce in large quantities: 400 irdab wheat, and …
Recto: the remnants of two lines of an Arabic chancery document with wide spacing, probably a decree. The first line reads as "من حياطة دينه …
Letter in elegant Arabic script and style. The continuation seems to be praising the eloquence of the addressee, and it cites two lines of poetry …
Private accounts of al-Shaykh Bū Ḥasan in Arabic script starting with a basmala and heading "ḥisāb al-Shaykh Bū l-Ḥasan". An example of the accounts includes., …
Document in Arabic script, perhaps a trade letter/document. Mentions sending something, probably a letter and milk "ḥalība maḥmūla", in the companionship (suḥba) of someone and …
Recto: Document in Arabic script recording the settling of a business account (wafāʾ), perhaps what al-Thiqa owed to Barakāt b. Salāma. Dated: 12 Muḥaram '47 …
Letter or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Top few lines and bottom are missing, and some portion of the left side is cut due to …
Single phrase of Arabic on verso "في ادوم غبطة". Reused for Hebrew script.
Long state document with extremely large calligraphic Arabic script, probably used as a performative decree, which was later cut down and reused for Hebrew script. …
State document, in Arabic script. Wide spacing, two fragmentary lines. Some of the words read as "من مساعدته....من ذلك في امره".
State document, probably a decree. The fragmented line reads as "واما ما ذكره من دعا الخاصة". Hebrew liturgical text on recto.
Trials of the pen in a fiscal or administrative hand, including the glyph, the basmala and "al-shaykh al-ajall."
Legal document in Arabic script. Dating: mentions the end of Dhū l-Qaʿda 563 AH = 1168 CE. Seems to be a commercial contract involving a …
Document in Arabic script, perhaps a state petition, beginning with "wa l-mamlūk yasʾal l-tawfīq" and mentions a wall "ṣūr"; reused for poetry in Judaeo-Arabic (see …
State document, Arabic script. Fragmentary. Probably an official correspondences offering congratulations/prayers on the occasion of a new caliph coming to power (... fī ḥulūl mulk …
مو]لانا صلوات الله عليه واهلك[عداه
]ـل بالتسبيح والتمجيد عند اعلانه به وشفع دعاء [
و[د]عا جميع الحاضرين بالابتهال من الله تعالى والرغبة اليه
State document, fragment, one isolated line in Arabic script. "والذي ينهيه عبد مولانا امير المؤمنين". Reused on recto for Hebrew piyyuṭ, the prayer for rain …
Mercantile letter in Arabic script, with the format and script resembling those of a state document. Four lines are preserved. Wide line spacing. May mention …
Fiscal document, in Arabic script, bottom part of the fragment. The document is dated Muḥarram 487 H and the first two lines may be read …
Recto: One line in a relatively small and faded chancery hand interspersed with Hebrew text. May mention 'dīwān'. Reused for Hebrew script on recto and …
State document, in chancery hand, one isolated line which may read as "العبد المجتهد(؟) باذن الله مشروحا". Reused for an 11th-century letter in Hebrew script. …
One fragmented line in an Arabic chancery hand, probably of a decree, later cut and reused to form quires of Hebrew script. A suggestive reading …
Bottom of a state document. 4 lines preserved. The first line refers to the execution of an order and the sender's deference to the decision …
Letter, possibly official. In Arabic script. Five partial lines with fragmented baselines. Refers to equipment (fī l-ʿudda) and two devices (jihāzayn). Contains a suʾāl clause …
Original use: Two fragments of a legal document in Arabic script. ~8 partial lines preserved. Tight line spacing, stylized dhālika ذلك in l. 2, stylized …
Bottom of a legal document, in Arabic script, with witness clauses. Probably a document of Iqrār dated to the month of Rabīʿ I, but the …
Maybe a palimpsest with Arabic chancery script reused to form quires (1r, 7v). Needs examination.
Accounts in Arabic script. Remnants of bookbinding on the right side. Needs examination.
State document, in Arabic script in a chancery hand. The beginnings of two lines are preserved: "wa-lammā uṭliqat al-[...]... wa-ʿalā kāfat al-mamālīk...." Reused for Hebrew …
State document, in Arabic script. The decree of the Fatimid caliph al-Ẓāhir to the monks of Sinai in response to their petition.
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Mercantile/trade letter in a chancery hand, in Arabic script, 11 lines. The writer seems to be trained in the inshāʾ or hired a chancery scribe. …