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1. 1

   LetterT-S NS 321.21c

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   2019

   PGP ID

   25492

   Recto: Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender says that the addressee sent the wrong copy (nuskha) of a liturgical text, but it's for the better, …

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2. 2

   LetterT-S NS J37

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   2004

   PGP ID

   4330

   Beginning of a letter by Yeḥezqel b. Shemuel to the cantor and teacher ʿAbd al-Bāqī Sheʾerit, informing him that he had sent him 20 dirhams …

   Recto

   1. חצרה אלשיך אלאגל עבד אלבאקי כב מר
   2. ורבנא שארית החזן והנבון(!) שצ א . מ . אל
   3. יהיה בעזרו מכצוצה באגל סלאם ואעצם(?)
   4. תחייה ואכראם מן מחבהא אלדא[עי …

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3. 3

   Unknown typeMoss. IV,44.3

   In PGP since

   2020

   PGP ID

   26811

   Document, either a legal fragment or a letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Regarding the Palestinian synagogue in Fustat and the cantors David b. Shekhanya and Meir, …

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4. 4

   LetterDK 16

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   6561

   A cantor orders a religious poem in which each stanza concludes with a biblical quotation which has as its last word "God," such as Numbers …

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5. 5

   LetterT-S 6J6.17

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   2019

   PGP ID

   3643

   The cantor Abu al-Majd (Meir b. Yakhin) asks a father when he wants to celebrate his son's circumcision. Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 475. …

   1. עבדהא אלחזן
   2. בו אלמגד
   3. אברך אלאולאד יקר אלעיון
   4. בנצרה כתר אללה מן אל ביתה
   5. אלשריפה ממלוכה מהני
   6. לה באלולד אלנגיב אלסעיד יהי
   7. אח לשבעה וגם לשמונה אמן
   8. אעלם …

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6. 6

   Legal documentT-S AS 145.52

   Document date

   4754 Anno Mundi (19 September, 993 – 7 September, 994 CE)

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   2017

   PGP ID

   8619

   Legal agreement. Location: Fustat. Dated: 4754 AM, which is 993/94 CE. Two cantors, Naḥum b. Yosef al-Baradānī and Palṭiel b. Efrayim, divide up liturgical and …

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7. 7

   Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 28/30

   Document date

   2[.] Ḥeshvan 1352 Seleucid (1040 CE)

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   2017

   PGP ID

   6429

   Contract. Location: Fustat. Dated: 2[.] Ḥeshvan 1352 Seleucid, which is 1040 CE. In which Yiṣḥaq b. Seʿadya al-Manbijī agrees to teach Fahd ha-Levi the liturgy …

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8. 8

   Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1378

   Document date

   Monday, 25 Av 5335 Anno Mundi (1 August, 1575 CE)

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   2019

   PGP ID

   27923

   Recto: Qaraite legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: Monday, 25 Av 5335 AM, which is 1575 CE. The context is a communal struggle over who would …

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9. 9

   LetterCUL Or.1080 4.42

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   2022

   PGP ID

   36551

   Letter probably from a cantor named Sayyid al-Ahl, in Alexandria, to his son Faḍāʾil and other family members, in Fustat. In Arabic script. Well preserved. …

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   • capitation tax
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10. 10

    Legal documentT-S 13J6.27

    Document date

    Adar 1471 Seleucid (February 1160 CE)

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    1989

    PGP ID

    1176

    Legal document written under the authority of Nathaniel ha-Levi concernning payment of fees for an orphan preparing himself for the profession of his late father, …

    1. נקול נחן אלמתבתין כטוטנא אכר הדא אלמחצר אננא כנא חאצרין במושב הדרת
    2. יקרת צפירת תפארת כבוד גדולת קדושת מרנו ורבנו יחיד דורנו נסיכנו ונשיא
    3. אלהים בתוכנו…

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    We, the undersigned at the bottom of this document, declare that we were present in the court of … (12 titles) ... our lord Nethanel ha-Levi, t…

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11. 11

    LetterT-S Ar.30.250

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    2017

    PGP ID

    8199

    Letter from a man to his father or teacher. On a bifolium. The first half is in Hebrew and the second half in Judaeo-Arabic. The …

    folio 1, recto

    1. ⟦ולשתות מי שיחור ולבי עצור ועזוב לאחור⟧
    2. מי יתניני כמו הייתי בכיתו וכל עת
    3. אצא לקראתו ואמש הייתי בסכלי
    4. לא אשמע מא יאמר לי ועתה יהיה
    5. עלי…

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12. 12

    LetterBL OR 5561B.6

    In PGP since

    2020

    PGP ID

    19249

    Letter from an unidentified Nagid to R. Abraham regarding an insubordinate cantor. Given this shelfmark's prior identification as late and Dotan Arad's attribution of the …

    recto

    1. [ ה'עלאמה' של הנגיד] 
    2. [ ה'עלאמה' של הנגיד] 
    3. הדרת החכם הנעלה לשם ולתהלה ר' אברהם הי"ב
    4. מה שאמרת מענין ר' אברהם טרטושי וגם ר' פרץ
    5. ששלח הנני משתדל…

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13. 13

    LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/25

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    2017

    PGP ID

    6495

    Letter from a son to a father. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer thanks the addressee for the wuṣūl (official receipt), since the tax (mas) was threatening. …

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14. 14

    LetterT-S NS J411

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    2019

    PGP ID

    26476

    Letter from an old cantor to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. He is complaining that his post was taken by someone …

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    • illness
    • illness letter 969-1517
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15. 15

    LetterT-S 13J21.25

    Document date

    23 Shevat 4968 Anno Mundi (12 February, 1208 CE)

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    2017

    PGP ID

    3333

    Recto: Letter from Yehuda b. Aharon b. al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 23 Shevat, 1208 CE. …

    Recto:

    1. בשמ' רחמ' כאדמה [. . .]יהודה המלמד
    2. אלי מולאי וסיידי אלשיך בו אלמגד תפארת החזנים ועוזם
    3. אדאם אללה עזה ונעמאה ורפעתה וסנאה ומן חסן אלתופיק
    4. [לא א…

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16. 16

    Legal documentENA 3748.13

    In PGP since

    2017

    PGP ID

    6755

    Recto: Legal query with responsum. Dating: First half of the 11th century. Concerning a cantor who took an oath not to lead prayers in the …

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17. 17

    LetterL-G Misc. 67

    In PGP since

    2021

    PGP ID

    34949

    Letter from a man, in Damascus, to his father, perhaps in Fustat. The sender expresses his longing and desperation in this foreign land, especially after …

    Recto:

    1. כי ייי יהיה בכסליך וגו
    2. בלכתך לא יצר צעדיך וגו
    3. אשרי איש ירא ייי וגו
    4. אשרי האיש לא הלך וגו
    5. ואמרתם כה לחי וגו
    6. וצל כתאב ואלדי אלעזיז אטאל אללה בקא…

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