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  1. 1Legal documentT-S 10J21.4

    Legal document. A trousseau list likely in the hand of Moshe ha-Levi b. Dovid of Cairo, Fusṭāṭ. Dating: 1110. A detailed trousseau list labeled as …

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  2. 2Legal documentT-S 10J2.35

    Legal document. Bill of divorce in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu ha-Dayyan, Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 5 Sivan 1524 (26 May 1213). This bill of divorce …

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  3. 3Legal documentT-S 10J2.32

    Legal document. Bill of divorce, in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan, Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 20 Elul 1489 (4 September 1178). This bill of divorce is …

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  4. 4Legal documentT-S 20.48

    Legal document. Marriage agreement in the hand of Yosef b. Moshe, son and assistant of the provincial judge. The agreement is a tawqīm ("estimate") of …

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  5. 5Legal documentMoss. I,115.1

    Recto: autograph medical recipe in the hand of Moses Maimonides, prescribing an emetic and other drugs. The ingredients used include sticky sugar, lemon juice, oxymel, …

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    1. סכר אוקיה גרוי תחל במא חאר
    2. ויעצר עליהמא מא לימונתין וישרב
    3. פאתרא לל̈קי ובעד אלקי בסאעה
    4. ילע̈ק אוקיתין שראב לימוא וסכנגבין
    5. ענצלי מפתרה בנאר לינה…

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    1. One ounce of sticky sugar melted in hot water.
    2. He should squeeze juice from two lemons onto it and drink
    3. it lukewarm in order to vomit. One ho…

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  6. 6LetterMoss. II,143.2

    An autograph letter by Abraham b. Maimonides to the community of Bilbays. (Information from CUDL)

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  7. 7LetterT-S AS 147.176

    Letter in the hand of Abraham Maimonides. Mentions a certain Elijah - probably Elijah b. Zekharya. AA

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  8. 8Literary textT-S AS 201.107

    A Maimonides autograph of his commentary on the Mishna (Kelim 8:9). (Information in part from FGP.)

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  9. 9Legal documentT-S 20.35

    Recto: autograph responsa by Shemarya b. Elḥanan (active 966–1011 CE) with his signature. Verso: an abridgement of BT Yevamot 65b-72a. (Information from CUDL)

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  10. 10LetterT-S Ar.30.286

    Autograph letter from Maimonides to his pupil Ṭoviyya. The letter consists entirely of a detailed prescription of a regimen (tadbīr).

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  11. 11Paraliterary textMosseri VI.5, 2 + Mosseri VI.5, 3

    Dream request. In the hand of one Ṣedaqah ben Maqmalyah, likely in Fusṭāṭ. Ṣedaqah's prayer for oneiric guidance is written in the margins of a …

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    1. אני
    2. צדקה בן מקמליה יודיעיני יהוה בחולם
    3. הלילה מה שאצא עד שאהיה צדיק
    4. לפָנך כאשר תאהב נצח

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    1. אני צדקה בן מקמלי…
    1. I
    2. Ṣedaqah ben Maqmalyah, inform me YHWH in a dream
    3. this night, what I should do so that I may be righteous
    4. before you as you eternally like
    1. I Ṣeda…

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  12. 12LetterT-S AS 149.89

    Autograph letter from Maimonides to a judge. The addressee is asked to mediate between the bearer Abū l-Fakhr and his legal opponent Abū l-Maḥāsin. If …

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  13. 13LetterMoss. IV,13

    Verso: Autograph note from Moshe Maimonides to al-Shaykh al-Wathīq. In Judaeo-Arabic. Informing him that there will be a gathering of the elders on Shabbat and …

    1. תדכל חצרה אלשיך אלותיק שצ
    2. ליקע אלאגתמאע בהא אדא
    3. פי יום אלסבת במחצר אלשיוך
    4. ויקרר מא ינעמל ושלומה
    5. ירבה ואמא רקעתהא
    6. פמא וצלת אלא מבלולה
    7. בללא לא ימכן מע…
    1. Would the Shaykh al-Watīq, may God preserve him, enter (the town)
    2. so that the meeting may be convened with him
    3. on the Sabbath in the presence of the…

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  14. 14LetterMoss. III,232

    Autograph letter by Isaac Luria, sent either from Egypt or Safed (probably the latter), concerning various matters, but principally the payment of monies. Dated only …

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    1. אוצר התבונה ומבצר האמונה ממנו יתד ממנו פינה ימלא ה׳ פיהו רינה הנבון וחכם גב[…]
    2. נרו אחרי פקודת השלום ורב התשוקה ל[ראו]ת במאור פניך אודיע לכת א…

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    1. A store of understanding and a fortress of faith, ‘out of them shall come a tent-peg’, ‘out of them a cornerstone’. May the LORD fill his mout…

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  15. 15Legal documentT-S AS 155.207

    Autograph responsum by Moses Maimonides. (Information from CUDL)

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  16. 16Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/84

    An autograph responsum by Avraham Maimonides (1186-1237) dealing with wine brought by a Karaite and the injunction about preparation of wine by Jews (rabbanite Jews). …

    1. בש רח
    2. וינהי אלממלוך אן ענדנא שכץ קרא ואלחאגה בעץ
    3. אלאוקאת תדעוא אלי אלחצור ענדה ויחצר שי מן
    4. אליין וכאן אלקלב ינפר מן אלשרב מן נבידהם מ[ן
    5. קבל אן בעץ א…

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  17. 17Literary textT-S Ar.44.79

    Autograph leaves of Maimonides, Treatise on sexual intercourse. (Information from CUDL)

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  18. 18LetterT-S Ar.46.97

    Letter to Maimonides with autograph response on verso. "T-S Arabic Box 46, fol. 97, is a small sheet of paper the verso of which contains …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . אחת שאלתי
    2. מאת ייי אותה אבקש אל ישוב דך נכלם תם
    3. אשתהי תדברני פי מא לאח לי אן אפעלה והו אני
    4. אכון אכל אלקד…

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  19. 19Legal documentT-S AS 111.164

    Recto: Hebrew prayer. Verso: last lines of an autograph responsum by Maimonides, and part of a liturgical text in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL.) See Outhwaite, …

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    1. ...
    2. ... ולא יקדר אלחמו ימנע
    3. דלך בוגה וכתב משה

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    1. ...
    2. ... And the father-in-law cannot prevent
    3. this at all. Moses wrote this.

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  20. 20LetterT-S J2.39

    Recto: Maimonides’ autograph draft of a 3-line poem he composed and included at the beginning of his philosophical work ‘Guide for the Perplexed’. Verso: letter …

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  21. 21Literary textT-S 8D1

    Autograph texts by Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder. Recto: a draft relating to the copying of the Mishna and the Gemara. On the bottom of …

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    1. אני יוסף ראש הסדר ברבי יעקב ראש בי רבנן זצ״ל כתבתי
    2. זה הסידור שלרבנ[ו סע]דיה גאון ז״ל [באלק]אהרה באייר [א׳ת׳]ק׳יב׳ לנפשי
    3. ובאייר א׳[ת׳ק׳  ] באלק…

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    1. I, Joseph Rosh ha-Seder son of  Rabbi Jacob “the Head of the Rabbis’ House” wrote this Siddur of Rav [Saa]dya Gaon – may his memory be blessed…

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  22. 22Paraliterary textT-S AS 221.307

    Colophon in the hand of Masliaḥ b. Nissim, in Cairo. Dating: 2 Tammuz, 1505 Seleucid (Friedman and Ashur). Attached to an unknown manuscript copied by …

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    1. שמיא
    2. וכתבתי אני מצליח ביר נסים
    3. בידי והגהתי אותה מנוסא בדיקא
    4. ביום הרבעי (!) שהוא שני ימים לירח
    5. תמוז המקבה יהפוך אותו לססון (!)
    6. ולשמחה בשנת אלפא…
    1. Heaven
    2. I, Masliaḥ b. Nissim, wrote this
    3. in my own hand and proofread and compared it with an accurate copy
    4. on Wednesday, 2nd of the month
    5. of Tammuz—…

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  23. 23LetterBL OR 5566B.26

    Letter from a judge to Avraham Maimonides, reporting about a case that came before him in Adar I 1529 Seleucid (which is 1218 CE). About …

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  24. 24Legal documentT-S AS 44.32

    Legal query to the jurisconsult Shihāb al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd Abū l-Fatḥ regarding liability for damaged property. The house of a Muslim had collapsed …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. ما يقول سيدنا الشيخ الفقيه المولا الزاهد العابد
    3. شهاب الدين وفقه الله لطاعيه في رجل
    4. يهودى له دار متسفلة و بجانبها…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  
    2. What does our lord the elder, the jurisconsult, the master, the ascetic, the pious…

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  25. 25LetterBL OR 5545.2

    Letter of appeal to Avraham Maimonides, begging for financial assistance, mentioning an old man who is sick and the plight of at least two daughters. …

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  26. 26Legal documentT-S 10J4.7

    Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dated: August 1181. This document preserves the lower part of a partnership agreement between the brothers Abū al-Faraj and Abū al-Mufaḍḍal …

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    1. [...........................]. הדא אלמעישה למדה אולהא תאריך אלמ[סטור ...................]
    2. [......................] ווקע אלאתפאק איצא ביננא אן …

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    1. […] this maintenance for a period, the start of which being the date of (this) doc[ument …]
    2. […] and an agreement also took place between us, tha…

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  27. 27LetterMoss. II,110.2

    Autograph letter by Avraham Maimonides to Moshe b. Peraḥya. It is a recommendation for the bearer, the French rabbi R. Yeḥiel [b. Yiṣḥaq Ẓarfatī], to …

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  28. 28Legal documentT-S 12.126

    Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dating: 1229. Location: Fustat. In a document written in Hebrew emerging from the court of Abraham Maimonides, Abū al-‘Alā b. Joseph …

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    1. [מעידים אנחנו חתומי מטה מ]ה שהיה בפנינו בחדש אייר שנת 
    2. [..]... אתקמ. לשטרות למיניננו אשר הורגלנו למנות בו בפסטאט מצרים
    3. אשר על נהר נילוס היא יו…

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    1. [We, the undersigned, testify to wh]at took place before us in the month of Iyyar of the year
    2. […] … 154x (of the Era) of Documents according to …

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  29. 29Legal documentT-S 13J2.10

    Legal document. Partnership record. Dated July 1103. Written in the hand of Hillel b. Eli. This fragment concerns ownership interest in a partnership between Mōda‘ …

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    1. [א]קואם פי מא גרי ביני [ובי]ן אברהם אל[עסאל .........]
    2. תסמעו שהאדתהם בחצרתה מהמא אל[..] חאצר ואחצר 
    3. אלינא אלינא אלשיך אבו אלפרג אלבזאז וקאל אנ…

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    1. [p]eople concerning that which proceeded between me [and betwee]n Abraham al-[‘Assāl. …]
    2. They heard their testimony in his presence concerning w…

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  30. 30Legal documentT-S 8J32.8

    Legal document. Partnership dissolution. Dated: March 1029. Location: Fustat. This document, emerging from the court of Abraham b. Sahlān, records the dissolution of a partnership …

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    1. ום אלכמיס ד מן ניסן שנת שמ
    2. חצר אסחקק בן אליה הידוע בן אלקשאש
    3. ואקר לסמחון בן תמים בסתה דנא גיאד
    4. ואתקיים ידפעהא אליה סוף חדש תשרי
    5. שנת שמא ויבריה…

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    1. Thursday 4 Nisan of the year (1)340
    2. Isḥaq b. Elijah known as “(I)bn al-Kashshāsh” came
    3. and atttested for Samḥūn b. Tamīm to the six excellent din…

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  31. 31LetterENA NS I.5

    Autograph letter from Yehuda ha-Levi, in Spain, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. Dating: 1139 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the Kuzari and his intentions to travel …

    1. יא מולאי וסידי ואל מנה אלע̇טמי מן קבל אללה [אדאם]
    2. אללה עזה וגמע[ה] בִיִ עלי אפצל חאל במנה וִרִדִתִ[ני]
    3. כתבך אלעזיזה אלמונסה אלכאסרה מן אלשוק בל אל[מ…

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  32. 32Legal documentT-S 10J27.3.2

    Legal document: partnership agreement. Dated: July 18, 1107. Location: Cairo. Partnership agreement between Nethanel b. Tiqva and Eli b. Mevasser in a clothing and tailoring …

    1. אסתכארא אללה תעאלי ואש[תר]כא [[מור השר]] נתנאל //סט// בר תקוה סט
    2. ועלי בן מבשר סט פאכרג [עלי] דנן דינאר ואחד ונתנאל
    3. דנן י דנאניר ואדא דארת אלדכאן זאד…

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  33. 33Legal documentT-S 8J16.4

    Autographed Responsum by Avraham Maimonides regarding the estate of a freed female slave. Written by MOshe b. Perahya, who was the muqaddam of MInyat Ghmar. …

    שאלה לאברהם בן הרמבם ותשובתו בצידה אודות נחלתה של משוחררת הנתבעת על-ידי

    בנו של בעליה לשעבר, במנית גמר

    1. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ באלמקאם אלרייסי אלשריף יהדר…

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  34. 34Literary textT-S Ar.21.112a + ENA 3622.2 + JRL SERIES A 1019

    Autograph fragments of Maimonides' epitomes of Galen’s περὶ τῶν πεπονθότων τόπων (De locis affectis), from the second and third treatises, in Judaeo-Arabic, in Maimonides’ own …

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  35. 35Legal documentT-S 12.525 + T-S 8J22.16

    Legal document. Partnership agreement. Written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1003-1004. Location: Fustat. In bad repair, this fragment (T-S 8J22.16) reveals part …

    T-S 8J22.16 Recto

    1. [.............................................]הין  
    2. [.........................................צ]אחבה  
    3. [.........................…

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    1. […] his [p]artner
    2. […] any court anywhere
    3. [… r]ather the most perfect and certain
    4. […of what] the Sages m(ay their memory be) f(or a blessing) [out…

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  36. 36Legal documentT-S Misc.8.90

    Recto: Legal query sent to Maimonides along with his autograph responsum. This was published by Goitein as well as Blau, Maimonides Responsa, no. 283. Verso: …

    TS Misc. Box 8, f. 90, ed. S. D. Goitein, "Unpublished autograph Responsa by Maimonides" (Hebrew), Tarbiz, 28(1959), pp. 191-192, 11-10-89, N.T. (pp)…

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  37. 37Legal documentT-S 13J1.3

    Legal document. Record of release. Dated: September 1016. Location: Fustat. ‘Ammār b. Joseph the Dyer releases Samuel ha-Kohen b. Moses b. Ṣemaḥ from all claims, …

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    1. זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנו העדים החתומים למטה בששי בשבת 
    2. בתשעה ימים לירח תשרי שנת אלף ושלש מאות ועשרים ושמנה שנים 
    3. למנין שאנו רגילין למנות בו…

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    1. Record of testimony which was before us—we, the undersigned witnesses—on Friday
    2. the ninth day of the month of Tishri of the year one thousand an…

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  38. 38Legal documentT-S 13J3.5

    Legal document. Partnership settlement. Dated: October 1143. Location: Fustat. Written in the hand of Nathan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. The recto records the settlement of a …

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    1. יוסף בן חסאן מהדוי   אלדין דינא דין    פבקא אבו אלחסן    כסליו וטבת    וליס עליה ימין  
    2. מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנן חתומי מטה כן הוה בחדש מרחשון דשנת…

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    1. Joseph b. Ḥassān (al-)Mahdawī The debt was (two) dina(rs) as a (complete) debt Abū al-Ḥasan remained Kislev and Ṭevet He was not obligated in a…

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  39. 39LetterT-S 10J15.1

    Letter from Yehuda ha-Levi in Toledo to Ḥalfon b. Netanel regarding the collection of funds in al-Andalus for the ransom of a captive woman. Dating: …

    1. יא מולאי וסידי גמ[ע אללה ביננא] קריבא עלי אלמרגוב קד אסלת
    2. אלשוק פאסע פי ... מא אפסדת ועסי וציה ורגבה אלי צ ה ר [ך
    3. ועמתך ואלי צאחב אלשרטה אבו אברהים …

    My lord and master (may God) unite (us) soon under desirable circumstances. 

    You have strained my yearnings. Please (mend) soon what you have impaire…

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  40. 40Legal documentT-S 12.479

    Legal document. Court ruling. Dated: July 1084. Written in the hand of Hillel b. Eli. Location: Fustat. Yaḥyā b. Samuel sues Amram b. Abraham for …

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    1. בחמשה בשבה [דהוה ע]שרין וחמשה יומ[י] בירח תמוז דשנת אלפא ותלת
    2. מאה ותשעין [וח]מש שנין למניי[נא דרגיליננא] ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס
    3. נהרא מותבה…

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    1. On Thursday [ the t]wenty-fifth da[y] of the month of Tammuz in the year one thousand three
    2. hundred and ninety-[fi]ve, according to the cou[nt] …

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