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  1. 1Literary textENA 3422.6

    On recto a dirge in Hebrew. On verso probably from book of Josiphon. AA

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  2. 2Literary textT-S Misc.36.174

    Secondary use: The unique copy of the Hebrew ode composed by Shelomo b. Yosef ha-Kohen in honor of the caliph al-Mustanṣir and of Badr al-Jamālī …

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  3. 3Literary textENA 2558.12

    poems for a groom. the name Ibn Ma'usa (?) is mentioned.

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  4. 4Literary textENA 2738.2

    Poem for(?) Yehuda b. Shemuel mentioning Alexandria. On the back are drafts in a cursive hand, perhaps of poetry.

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  5. 5Literary textENA 1267.4

    Halakhic works of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov rosh ha-seder. דף טיוטות # יוסף בן יעקב ראש הסדר, נספחות לחיבור # טיוטות של חיבורי הלכה שונים צד …

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  6. 6Literary textENA 2558.11

    Poem of friendship written by Shemuʾel the cantor b. Avraham ha-sefaradi. On the back the holiday of sukkot is mentioned, which may have served as …

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  7. 7Literary textENA 4011.61

    Book, ownership page, in Arabic script: "this is the copy of Abu al-hasan" in small Hebrew script: "This is what Shemarya b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi bought …

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  8. 8Literary textENA 4011.70

    Piyyuṭim. With a colophon/dedication to Yehuda ha-Talmid. Dated: Tuesday, 18 Ḥeshvan 4878 AM = 1429 Seleucid = 16 October 1117 CE.

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  9. 9Literary textENA 2627.97

    Poems for a groom named Moshe b. Yosef ha-Levi. Dating: Late, based on the hand.

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  10. 10Literary textENA 2728.3

    Colophon by Berakhot b. Eliyyahu b. Zekharya (aka Shelomo b. Eliyyahu). On the other side of the page are some pen trials.

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  11. 11Literary textT-S 20.66

    Poem to celebrate the circumcision of a son of a government official (l. 8), calligraphically written in hemistichs, with the final seven lines narrowing to …

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  12. 12Literary textT-S AS 167.28

    A fragment of Ḥovot ha-Levavot in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Likely belongs with T-S Misc.28.24 (which consists of another 6 folios of …

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  13. 13Literary textT-S NS 144.33

    Piyyuṭim in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver.

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  14. 14Paraliterary textENA 2556.13

    Ownership note on a codex - the name is Ḥasan b. Mūsā.

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  15. 15Literary textHalper 318

    Panegyric dedicated to Yaḥyā b. Avraham. See Penn catalog (https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/h318.html) for detailed description and potential identifications.

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  16. 16Literary textHalper 325

    Panegyric by Yeshuʿa b. Dunash b. Moshe Av Bet Din dedicated to the brothers Simḥa and Netanel b. Mesabar(?). See Penn catalog (https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/h325.html) for further …

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  17. 17Literary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110a/22

    Essay on the intercalation of the calendar: אדא ארדנא אלוקוף עלי עלם אלחיבור. The hand is familiar, perhaps 13th century.

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  18. 18Literary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110a/27

    34 pages of an exegetical work or sermon in Italian and Hebrew. The writer refers at one point to his teacher Menaḥem b. Yiṣḥaq (image …

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  19. 19Literary textJRL SERIES A 233

    Mi Kamokha for Shabbat Zakhor. Hebrew liturgical poem composed by Yehuda ha-Levi, in Judaeo-Arabic translation. Same work as Halper 282. Ownership note: Nissim רפון(?). Dated: …

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  20. 20Literary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/15

    Prayer for Moses Montefiore, composed by Shabbetay Elḥanan טריויש in 1840/41 CE. Printed in Trieste in 1845/46 CE. There are many additional names in the …

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  21. 21Literary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1771/4

    Guide for the Perplexed. In Judaeo-Arabic. Likely 13th century, based on handwriting, which may be known from other documents. Looks like the hand of Yedutun …

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  22. 22Literary textMS 8254, fol. 17b–17c

    Kifāyat al-ʿĀbidīn by Avraham Maimonides. Information from FGP.

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  23. 23Literary textMS 8254, fol. 6

    Botanical work in the handwriting of Maimonides. See partial transcription and translation in Friedman, Dictionary, p. 563.

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  24. 24Literary textMoss. I,40

    Karaite liturgical (?) fragment, referring to עדת בני צדוק, ‘the community of the sadoqites'. (Information from GRU catalog via FGP)

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  25. 25Literary textT-S Misc.35.37

    A commentary on poetry, and piyyuṭim, including one by Hayye Gaʾon on the topic of circumcision. F. 1r begins, after a בשמ׳ רחמ׳, ‘A synopsis …

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  26. 26Literary textT-S 8J23.15

    Rhymed text (-bī) in Judaeo-Arabic. This may be a poem in honor of Rabbi Avraham. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. (Information in part …

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  27. 27Literary textYevr. II A 216

    Book. Qaraite. May have some contents of documentary significance, including the genealogy (p. 51) of the well-known Shelomo b. David b. Ḥisday (d. 1203/04 CE), …

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  28. 28Literary textCUL Or.1080 J160

    Booklet containing Judaeo-Arabic glosses on sections of Genesis and Noah. Of documentary interest because there are a great number of biblical place names given their …

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  29. 29Literary textYevr. II A 104/2

    Literary collection of poetry and prose relating to Anatoli b. Yosef. Dating: Perhaps 13th or 14th century, some time after the death of Anatoli. The …

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  30. 30Literary textYevr. II A 236

    Azharot for Shavuʿot by Shelomo Ibn Gabirol. There is a marginal note (p.18) giving a date for this copy: 1484 Seleucid, which is 1172/73 CE.

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  31. 31LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/11

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to a certain Rosh ha-Qehillot. It is written entirely as a Hebrew poem. There are lengthy descriptions of the …

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  32. 32Literary textHalper 321

    Debate poem between wine and water. In Hebrew. Likely in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. Composed by Yehuda b. Eliyyahu (per the acrostic). A …

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  33. 33Literary textT-S NS 131.29 + T-S NS 224.143

    One side: Rhymed text (-hū) in Hebrew. The other side: Rhymed text (-hū) in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī.

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  34. 34Literary textENA 2396.1–8

    A drash written by Shemuʾel Ben Sid on the occasion of the birth of his son (דרש שדרש החכם השלם מורי ורבי כמחה׳׳ר שמואל ן׳ …

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  35. 35Literary textENA 2738.30

    Colophon (FGP)

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  36. 36Literary textENA NS 53.10

    Recto: Ethical exhortations in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: Poetry or other literary text in Hebrew. Somebody has left a note identifying the scribe with Yehuda ha-Kohen b. …

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  37. 37Literary textENA NS 63.21

    Poem/prayer for Shabbetay b. Seʿadya b. Amitay of Qayrawān. Information from FGP.

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  38. 38Literary textENA 2558.31a

    Panygeric prasing the leaders (negidim) of the Jewish community. Mentioned are Elʿazar, Yefet, and ʿUziel and later also ʿOvadya. There is also a single line …

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  39. 39Literary textENA 2559.4

    Colophon written by the teacher (melammed) Hillel b. Perahya. Location: Damascus. Dated: 25 Kislev 5036 AM = 15 December 1275 CE.

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  40. 40Literary textBL OR 10124.32 + T-S NS 273.185

    Rhymed text (-kha) in Hebrew. By al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. On verso there is similar text, perhaps a draft of a poem.

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  41. 41Literary textT-S AS 129.219

    Dirge in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212). The deceased does not appear to be named; he is referred to as ha-Rav …

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  42. 42Literary textBodl. MS heb. e 74/80 + Bodl. MS heb. e 74/81 + Bodl. MS heb. e 74/82

    Tafsīr on Leviticus in Judaeo-Arabic in a beautiful hand. Of documentary value because of the ownership notes (on verso of Bodl. MS heb. e 74/81): …

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  43. 43Literary textT-S NS 224.142

    Story in Judaeo-Arabic, partially rhymed. A first-person narrative attributed to Maḥrūz b. Nājiya al-Ruṣāfī set during the reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Wāthiq (r. 842–47). …

    1. בר
    2. קאל מחרוז בן נאגיה אלרצאפי כנת
    3. אחד מן וקעת בה אלתהמה במאל מר
    4. פי איאם אלואתק באללה כרגת אגוב
    5. אלבאדיה אטלב רגל עזיז אלגא[ר
    6. מניע אלדאר אלוד בה או אס…

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  44. 44Literary textT-S 10J22.3

    Panegyric (madḥ) in the hand of Sahlān b. Avraham. Addressed to Abū Saʿīd al-Dāʾūdī (a Nasi). In Hebrew with the heading in Arabic script. Calligraphic. …

    1. كتـ]ـب في אייר שנז امدح ابا سعيد الداوودي //الريس الجليل// ادام الله علـ[ـوه
    2. . . . . . ] העם וכתר הנשיאים: ותפארת המון כל היראים
    3. מיוחס לאבי בית המלו…

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  45. 45Literary textHalper 328

    Megillat Miẓrayim, here called "Megillat ha-Saṭan ha-Yaduaʿ." Retelling the events of the rebellion of Ahmad Basha against Suleiman I of Turkey in 1524, and its …

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  46. 46Paraliterary textENA NS 63.18

    Literary work containing Hebrew poetry and a section on the calendar including for the years 5923–78 AM, which corresponds to 1142–1218 CE. The hand is …

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  47. 47Literary textT-S K25.3

    Poems and drafts in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. One of the poems is by Avraham Ibn ʿEzra. One of the drafts is …

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  48. 48Literary textCUL Or.1080 15.14 + T-S NS 168.8

    Prayerbook in Spanish or Judaeo-Spanish. In Latin script. Containing the yaʿale ve-yavo prayer for Rosh Hodesh as well as a portion of the liturgy for …

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  49. 49LetterENA 3843.11

    Qaraite-Rabbanite polemic

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  50. 50Literary textBodl. MS heb. e 74/1–6

    The first six leaves of a copy of the Ghurar al-Balāgha of Hilāl al-Ṣābi' — a book of formularies for letter-writing — copied in the …

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