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Small fragment. Recto: Few words from opening of a vocalized letter to ‘our Nagid David’. Verso: letter, informing sayyidna about an halakhic issue. AA
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A letter explaining what happened in the synagogue t the writer and Munajjā b. Ṭāhir and Barakāt Ibn al-ʿAṭṭār. He also sends regards to David …
Deed of compensation in the handwriting of Emanuel b. Yehiel concerning Sulayman ha-Kohen b. Efrayim, who engaged in dyeing silk with turquoise blue. Also mentions …
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Fragment from the beginning of a legal deed, probably a prenuptial agreement. In the hand of ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiel (active ca. 1231–79). Dated: Probably Kislev …
Recto (original use): Legal document describing a gathering to assess a bride's dowry. Fragment (right side only). Location: al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā. Probably in the hand of …
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Letter from Maimonides to his brother (presumably David, who died at sea not long after the brothers' 1167 arrival in Egypt). Not in the handwriting …
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Letter addressed to a Nagid (Avraham Maimuni or his son David), reporting about payments.
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Verso: Letter of appeal from a poor man [...] ha-Levi addressed to the Nagid David I Maimonides (r. 1237–1300) or David II Maimonides (r. 1355–1410). …