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  1. 1Literary textYevr. II A 300

    Documentary per FGP, but all fragments look literary. Mainly Maimonides, plus a Qaraite siddur.

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  2. 2Literary textYevr. II A 313

    Documentary per FGP, but all fragments look literary. There are dozens of sub-shelfmarks, some Maimonides, ha-Rif and Rashi

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  3. 3LetterMS 8254, fol. 14

    Letter by Moshe Maimonides. A copy. Following the responsum, there is a copy of Maimonides' letter to Pineḥas ha-Dayyan of Alexandria. (Information from Amir Ashur …

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  4. 4LetterMS 8254, fol. 16

    Letter addressed to Moshe Maimonides. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. NB: The identifications and bibliography on FGP (an autograph responsum of Avraham Maimonides) actually refer to …

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  5. 5LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/66

    Letter from al-Fayyumi b. Saadia, probably addressed to Moses Maimonides.

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . זבחים כחרו. . . . . . . . .
    3. . . . ומ[ל]א אוכל טוב כר…

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  6. 6Literary textAIU V.B.50

    Copies of letters, perhaps. Catalogued as pertaining to Maimonides and R. Ḥisday. Needs examination.

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  7. 7Literary textENA NS 33.7

    Praise poem for Maimonides (FGP)

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  8. 8Legal documentENA NS 20.2

    Notes from a lesson given by Maimonides. There is a fingerprint. See analysis and edition in Friedman, "Notes by a Disciple in Maimonides' Academy Pertaining …

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  9. 9LetterT-S NS J477

    Letter probably addressed to Moshe Maimonides, based on the importance of the addressee and the blessing for his son Avraham to occupy his office. In …

    1. למעלה למעלה ויזכהו לראות חמודו
    2. רבנו אברהם יושב על כסאו בחייו יקיים
    3. על הדרתה קרא הכת תחת אבותי
    4. ינהי אלי מושב יירומם אן ורד עליה אמרהא
    5. אלמטאע עלי יד א…

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  10. 10LetterT-S 10K8.14

    Letter to Moshe b. Maimon (Maimonides) from an unnamed friend. Includes poetic verses by Yehudah haLevi. (Identification and information from Joel Kraemer, "Six Unpublished Maimonides …

    1. בשמ רחמ שלום רב לאוהבי [תור]תיך
    2. ואין למו מכשול
    3. גיר כאף ען הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרנו
    4. ורבינו אור עינינו נשף חשקינו צניף ראשנו
    5. ותפארתנו יחיד דורנו אדו…
    1. In your name, O merciful one. Those who love your teaching enjoy well-being; 
    2. they encounter no adversity. 
    3. His eminent dignity — diadem of glory, o…

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  11. 11LetterBL OR 5533.1

    Recto: Circular letter in the name of Moshe Maimonides to the congregations in Egypt. The recto preserves only an eloquent introduction. Verso gives the name …

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  12. 12LetterT-S 12.822

    Incomplete letter to Moses Maimonides congratulating him on becoming the Head of the Jews of Egypt. The name of the sender is not preserved; Friedländer …

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    1. ]ל כבוד גד קד הדרת יקר צפי תפא מרינו ורבינו
    2. ]ינו וקדושינו גאון מקדשינו זוהר שמשינו עטרת ראשינו
    3. מחמד נפשינו רבכינו ופרשינו רוח אפינו ואור עפעפ…

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  13. 13Legal documentT-S 10K15.1

    Maimonides' decree on menstrual purity. Dated 1487 Seleucid = 1175/76 CE. See Eve Krakowski, "Maimonides' Menstrual Reform in Egypt," JQR (2020), 245–89.

    Build up, build up, clear the way! Remove a stumbling block from my people’s way.

    We, the scholars living in Egypt at this time, say: When we were …

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  14. 14List or tableT-S 16.291

    Verso: Medical prescription (nuskha lil-khayālāt) containing twelve ingredients, along with a record of four donations received in a pesiqa dated 1225/26 CE (1537 Seleucid). ASE.

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    1. נסכה ללכיאלאת
    2. הנדי אמלג כזברה לסאן תור זהר בנפסג
    3.    י        י       ה             ה              ה
    4. אצטוכודוס אפתימון בסבאיג בור שאהתרג
    5.    ד  …

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  15. 15Legal 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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  16. 16LetterT-S 16.291

    Recto: Letter by Meʾir Ibn al-Hamadāni to Moshe Maimonides. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1168–1204 CE, based on the period of Maimonides' activity in Egypt. …

    1. צעיר עבדי אדוני
    2. מאיר בן אלחמדאני
    3. וענוים ירשו ארץ והתענגו על רוב שלום
    4. שמר תם וראה ישר כי אחרית לאיש שלום
    5. אשמעה מה ידבר האל ייי כי ידבר שלום
    6. ישא ייי פ…
    1. The least of the servants of my lord,
    2. Meir b. al-Hamadhānī
    3. “But the lowly shall inherit the land and delight in abundant well-being.” [Psalms 37:11]…

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  17. 17LetterCUL Or.1080 J33

    Letter sent by the cantor Sheerith to Maimonides, in which the writer excuses himself for being unable to do a certain service for the recipient, …

    1. ממלוך חצרתה
    2. שארית החזן
    3. הדרת מר ור השר הרופא החכם והנבון
    4. משה שצ
    5. ממלוכהא שארית יקבל קדמיהא
    6. חרס אללה מעאליהא אן בעד חצורי
    7. בין ידיך ותקרר אלחאל אלדי תעל…

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    1. The servant of his honor
    2. She’erit the cantor
    3. To his honor, our master and teacher, the prince, the wise and discerning physician, 
    4. Moses, may …

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  18. 18LetterT-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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  19. 19LetterT-S AS 221.306

    Responsum in the hand of Maimonides, in Fustat. Dating: late 12th century, based on Maimonides' years of activity in Egypt. The primary text, from a …

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    1. עליה ובדר מנה עליהִ וִעלי ואלדִה

    2. אלמתופא בלשון קללהִ [יורינו] רבינו

    3. מא ילזמה חק עלי תגריחה (?) בלשון

    4. הרע ושכרו כפול מן השמים

    5. אל…

    1. […] against him and in his anger he assailed him and his late father
    2. with a curse. [Instruct us,] our master,
    3. to what penalty is he liable for havin…

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  20. 20LetterT-S Misc.28.98

    Letter fragment addressed to Maimonides. There is a lengthy introduction, and a few words of the body, in which the writer reports that he received …

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    1. ממלוך הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת הוד ועטרת
    2. וצניף כותרת מרנו ורבנו משה הרב ה[גדול]
    3. הפטיש החזק ה[...]ו שמים יאריך אלהינו
    4. ימיו בטוב ושנותיו בנעימים בז…

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    1. The slave of the excellent, honourable, precious, diadem of glory,
    2. the crowning turban, our master and our teacher Moses the Great Rav,
    3. the st…

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  21. 21Literary textT-S Misc.25.24

    Recto is a draft of a poem in praise of Moses Maimonides by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi.

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  22. 22Legal documentT-S 12.204

    Avraham Maimonides (in office as head of the Jews 1205-1237) is asked about the procedure in which a party appears in court together with an …

    1. מא תקול הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרי ורבי אברהם השר הגדול
    2. בישראל ישמריהו האל פי רגל קטיע קציר אלחגה אוהב לשכץ
    3. מן מלכה גז מתנה גמורה ואגבה וכלה עלי גמיע…

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  23. 23LetterT-S AS 149.106

    Opening of a faded letter written (and signed) by Avraham Maimonides, addressed to the the Great Dayyan [...] b. Yosef - probably Anatoly b. Yosef. …

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  24. 24LetterT-S NS 99.41

    Copy of Maimonides' letter to Yosef b. Yehuda which comprises the introduction to the Guide for the Perplexed. In the hand of Shelomo b. Shemuel …

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  25. 25Legal documentT-S NS 169.38

    Codification of Jewish law, by the hand of Joseph Rosh Ha-Seder, mentioned by Scheiber and Abramson. Also a responsum by Maimonides to Efraim from Tyre …

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  26. 26LetterAIU V.B.48

    Letter from Netanel b. Ḥalfon to Moshe Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1 Nisan 1485 Seleucid, which is 1174 CE. Describing the plight of the bearer …

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  27. 27Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 11/14

    Middle fragment: Legal query addressed "our master Moshe," possibly Maimonides (d. 1204). "To have traveled widely was a title of pride. No wonder that some …

    Middle fragment

    1. ומא תקול הדרת אדונינו משה יחי לעד
    2. פי מן יטלע יקרא פי ספר תורה ויב/א/רך
    3. הגומל ומא סאפר למכאן הל הדה
    4. אלברכה להבטלה אם לא יפתינא רבנו
    5.  …

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  28. 28LetterMoss. 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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  29. 29LetterT-S 8J14.18

    Letter from a member of the nasi family of Mosul addressed to Shelomo b. Yishay. Dating: the events described in the letter likely took place …

    1. פצל
    2. וכאן אלפכר שצ מענא למא
    3. רחנא אלי ר משה וקעד הו
    4. עלי באב אלדאר וגזנא אנא
    5. ואלגלאל ובסתו ידה אלשריפה
    6. ולקאנא במלקא טיב גדא
    7. וקאל אטלע אגלס ר טוק
    8. ואומא …

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    1. [Section:]
    2. Al-Fakhr, may God protect him, went with us when
    3. we set out for Rabbi Moshe's [house] but he [preferred] for his part to remain
    4. at …

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  30. 30Legal documentMS 8254, fol. 15

    Legal document. Dated: Av 4959 AM, which is 1199 CE. Location: Probably Alexandria, where legal documents in this period tend to be dated according to …

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  31. 31LetterT-S AS 223.276

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from the circle of Avraham Maimonides or the pietists who came after him, and referring to (Moshe) Maimonides, peace be …

    1. ] יפעל . . . . [
    2. ] אלפיץ אלאלאהי אלדי אודע ענדי ס[יידי
    3. אל . . . יעמל בהא ואן סיידי עלם סאיר [
    4. ירא שמים ואלממ ינקלהא ען אל . . [
    5. נקלתהא אבאי אלדי ערפ…

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  32. 32LetterT-S 12.825

    Recto: Letter from Moshe b. Ḥalfon b. Y[...], probably in Yemen, to a judge (who had a son named Netanel), probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. …

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  33. 33Literary 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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  34. 34LetterT-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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  35. 35Literary textMIAC 236

    Diagram of the structure of Rambam's commentaries on the Talmud's "Tractate Middot" – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 236) …

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  36. 36LetterT-S 12.238

    The opening of a circular letter for "all the cities of the Rīf" in the name of Moses Maimonides. BL OR 5533.1, T-S 12.238, and …

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  37. 37Literary textT-S Ar.44.79

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

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  38. 38LetterT-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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  39. 39Legal 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, …

    verso

    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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  40. 40Legal documentT-S AS 155.207

    Autograph responsum by Moses Maimonides. (Information from CUDL)

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  41. 41LetterBL 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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  42. 42Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/6

    Deed in which Abū Isḥāq Abzārī gives the Nagid Avraham Maimonides the right to buy back the burj, a tower in the ancient Byzantine fortress …

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  43. 43Legal documentT-S 16.292

    Recto: Letter from Ḥananʾel b. Shemuʾel to a certain Shilo (and/or David he-Ḥaver?). The opening greetings include a complaint about lack of letters and mention …

    1. כל מעייני נתתי בך ובמודע לבב[י אמצתיך] חקרתיך בעין ל[בי(?)
    2. בניין של קדושים כ מ ורב שילה השר הנכבד החכם הנבו[ן
    3. שצ היב מאת הנכסף לחזותך השמח בחברתך המ…

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  44. 44Legal documentT-S J2.78

    There are several distinct items on this fragment, all but one in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. (I) The main text block was edited …

    1. גרץ] הדא אלשמוש אלמבארך
    2. אלסעיד אלמופק אלסדיד
    3. ריאסה הדרת יקרת צפירת
    4. תפארת כבוד גדולת קדושת
    5. מרנו ורבנו אדוננו משה הרב
    6. הגדול בישראל אור הדור ופלאו
    7. צנ…

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  45. 45LetterCUL Add.3415

    Letter from the tailor Yaʿaqov b. Ṭahor to Yehuda al-Ḥalabī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 24 Elul (4800 +) 197 AM = 4997 AM, which is 1237 …

    1. בש רח אלממלוך יעקב בר טהור סט
    2. יקבל אלארץ בין ידי סידנא כגק מר ור יהודה
    3. השר הנכבד הח והנ אדאם אללה סעאדתה ובלגה
    4. מקצודה ואראדתה ואכאר לה דניאה ואכרתה

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  46. 46LetterT-S 6J10.9

    Draft of a Hebrew letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi to a distinguished physician also named Moshe (but probably not Maimonides because Moshe b. Levi …

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    1. העבד ישתחוה לפני מושב אדוניו
    2. וישאל מטובו שימשוך עליו חוט
    3. החסד וידינו בכל מליו ומעשיו
    4. לכף זכות כמו שלמדנו מהדרתו
    5. והוי דן את כל האדם לכף זכות ו…

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  47. 47Literary textT-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: the …

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  48. 48Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/45 + Bodl. MS heb. f 56/46

    Court register. Bodl. MS heb. f 56/45r: Deathbed will. Dated: Wednesday, 18 Nisan 1493 Seleucid = 24 March 1182 CE. Testator: Abū l-Faraj b. Moshe …

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    1. למא כאן פי יום אלארבעא אלתאמן עשר מחדש ניסן אתצג
    2. חצרנא אלי אלשיך אבו אלפרג השר הנכבד החכם והנבון בר
    3. כגק מר ור משה הזקן הנכבד דידיע בן אל…

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    On Wednesday, the eighteenth of the month of Nisan 1493 we were present with the sheikh Abū ʿl-Faraj, the esteemed notable, the wise and pruden…

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  49. 49Legal documentMS 8254, fol. 14

    Responsum by Moshe Maimonides. A copy. The responsum corresponds to #355 in Blau's edition ("I am very troubled by various matters, and my body is …

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  50. 50LetterT-S 10J20.5

    Petition from Hibatallāh b. Bū l-Faḍl Ibn al-Shofeṭ to Moshe Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1180 CE. The sender complains concerning a part of the revenue of …

    1. מפתח חרצובות ומשלחף עצבות ומ[ר]חק אובות[
    2. להקים חוקי משנה ולהסיר תואנה ולהדוך רוש ולענה יזכהו שוכן
    3. מעונה לבנין עיר חנה ולחזות ישועה ולשננה אני יי בעת…

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    1. looses the bands, removes sadness, dismisses the ghosts . . .

    2. (2-3) to confirm the rules of the Mishnā, to abolish any pretext, to pull dow…

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