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Letter from Avraham Maimonides to Ḥayyim b. Ḥananel. An autograph. A previous description called this "Three drafts of a letter sent by Shelomo to Hayyim." …
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Letter of greetings written and signed by Abraham Maimonides, to Anatoli b. Joseph. (Information from CUDL)
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Recto: Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Five lines, well preserved. Written in an elevated register. May begin with a reference to the Torah …
Recto: Legal document. Dated: 4976 AM, which is 1215/16 CE. Under the reshut of Avraham Maimonides. Involving a certain Abū l-Rabīʿ Sulaymān and Shelomo ha-Levi …
Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, with his autograph responsum (signed). After a man had given an oath of bankruptcy in Jewish court, he was …
[Concerning Reube]n [who holds Simeo]n['s IOU for the sum of 500 dirhems] payable in instalments of twenty dirhems per month, some of which has becom…
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Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides with his autograph responsum. Two Jews were travelling together, and one had confided to the other some goods (qumāsh) …
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Announcement of a threat of excommunication (ḥerem stam) against anyone in Fustat or Cairo or their environs who knows the whereabouts of Abū l-ʿAlā b. …
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On recto beginning of a letter to Avraham Maimuni from Abu Sa'id (identification according to BL 5542.14. He also wrote T-S 8 j 21.12). On …
Autograph letter by Avraham Maimonides to the muqaddam of Minyat Ghamr and Minyat Zifta. Dated: 20th day of the Omer (5 Iyyar) 1545 Sel. (1234). …
Autograph note from Avraham Maimonides to al-Shaykh al-Talmid al-Ajall al-Raṣuy(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to mention somebody in need (...wa-ḍururātuh...) and Rabbi Menaḥem. The third line …
Legal query with Avraham Maimonides' autograph responsum and signature. Description from Penn Catalog: "The recto contains three related inquiries, in three separate paragraphs. Each of …
An autograph letter by Abraham b. Maimonides to the community of Bilbays. (Information from CUDL)
Short note instructing the addressee to investigate the inheritance left by Abu Nasr b. Banin, who died in Minya. In the hand of Avraham Maimonides.
Two legal queries addressed to Avraham Maimonides with his autograph responsa: (I) concerning a man from Alexandria, married with children, who took an enslaved woman …
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Letter in the hand of Avraham Maimonides in which he instructs Fakhr al-Dawla regarding a sum of money, nine dinars, still owed, and what to …
Letter from Avraham Maimonides (autograph) addressed to three people, including al-Mevin and Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Dealing with hospitality (ḍiyāfa) for needy people. The …
Jottings in Judaeo-Arabic, at least partially in the hand of Avraham Maimonides, as he signs his name twice. The portion at the top is a …
Note/order in the handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. He tells Eliyyahu the Judge to go together with Abū l-Faḍl al-jābī (the collector) and the …
Order of payment. In Arabic script. Bū l-Najm al-Firnās (the parnas) is to pay the bearer a sum of money (10 nuqra dirhams?). Ends with …
Recto: Order of payment. Written mainly in Arabic script with Hebrew characters for the "emet" at the top, שצ after the name, and "ve-shalom" and …
Letter from Avraham Maimonides, autograph. In Judaeo-Arabic. Begins with the motto הנה אל ישועתי. Addressed to the ḥaver, morenu ve-rabbenu, Yosef. This is a letter …
Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. The cantor Abū l-Majd is to give 5 dirhams to a certain Kohen, apparently as reimbursement …
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. …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. Addressed to al-Kohen al-Peqid(?). Giving instructions concerning a visit(?) of Eliyyahu the Judge. Needs further examination.
Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. Addressed to al-Shaykh al-Melammed Tamīm(?). Telling him to ask (yataqaḍḍā ilā) Maḥāsin al-Ṭabīb to attend the court …
Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to al-Ḥedvat. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. Letter of recommendation for the poor man al-Shaykh al-Kohen al-Talmid Abū l-Riḍā.
Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, with the latter's autograph responsum. NB: There is an extensive bibliography on this fragment, but it is often erroneously …
Autograph letter from Avraham Maimonides to his "dear son" (i.e., congenial pupil) Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Avraham excuses his absence from a student's recent wedding, saying, …
Letter in which Avraham Maimonides (1205-1237) recommeds to the judge Perahia and his sons a man who wishes to marry the judge's daughter.
Instructions in Avraham Maimonides' hand to R. Eliyyahu to give them bread for Sabbath. Also: List of contributors (in the judge's hand) and names of …
Order of payment or receipt for Eliyya concerning bread. In the hand of Avraham Maimonides. On verso (original use) there is a piece of a …
Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides concerning a husband's financial obligations towards his wife. The text mentions several objects including the wife's household effects and …
Responsum of Avraham Maimonides. Autograph. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioned in India Book I, p. 276.
Public letter in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (d. 1237 CE). The cantors of Fustat are instructed to read it aloud in the synagogue on …
Recto (secondary use): Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer, a builder, 3.5 (dirhams?) for …
Draft of a court record dated 623 (1226) written on a very small piece of paper (4 x 2.5 in) regarding the testimony of Abū …
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Petition from Yefet ha-Melammed the schoolmaster to Avraham Maimonides; the latter's answer is on verso, lines 18–26. Yefet writes that he is ill and losing …