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  1. 1List or tableBL OR 10578B.29

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and eastern Arabic numerals. Late. Names are prefaced by סי׳ = senyor.

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  2. 2LetterENA NS 58.19

    Letter fragment. Late. Only the address is preserved. Addressed to Yaʿaqov Sofer. The word Damascus appears. There may be one or two words in Ladino, …

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  3. 3Legal documentAIU VII.E.47

    Verso (original use): Legal document, draft. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: 1 Tammuz 5494 AM, which is 1734 CE. Avraham Delmar (דילמאר) leases a property …

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  4. 4LetterHalper 406

    Letter from (perhaps) Shelomo b. Moshe Lanyado to Shemuel Lanyado. Dated Shevat 5485 AM, which is 1725 CE. The letter is in Judaeo-Arabic but uses …

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  5. 5Legal documentT-S J2.4

    Formulary for drawing up marriage documents. In Hebrew with some Ladino words (contante, joyas, mandiles). Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dating: Late. Currency: mithqāl/mathāqīl.

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  6. 6Legal documentAIU VII.D.52

    Legal document from Fustat/Cairo, dated 20 February 1829 (17 Adar I 5589), in which Avraham ha-Levi certifies that he has received his entire share from …

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  7. 7LetterENA NS 47.22

    Business letter from Yehuda b. Yaʿaqov (fattore) to a certain Shelomo (employer). In Hebrew with occasional Ladino words (docenas, magazin, partidos).

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  8. 8LetterENA 2808.65

    Letter from Aryana (? אריינה) to her sister Shurbilliya (? שורבלייא), the wife of Avraham al-Ḥadīb. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, plausibly 16th century, which is …

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  9. 9List or tableT-S AS 187.63

    Shopping list in Hebrew, the heading states "I want to go to the market and get." Late medieval or early modern, 15th-17th centuries. One of …

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  10. 10Legal documentT-S 20.65

    Replacement ketubba. Location: Safed. Dated: 23 Adar 5299 AM = 11 February 1539 CE. Husband: Moshe b. Yosef ʿAynos (? עיינוס). Wife: Doña Hora Buena …

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  11. 11Legal documentT-S Ar.30.97

    Bifolium from Mitzrayim, 1790–92 CE, apparently from a ledger of betrothal and marriage contracts. About nine are preserved, complete with names, and trousseau lists, and …

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  12. 12LetterMoss. VII,203

    Interesting letter in calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic, probably 15th century or later, full of creative spellings, probably from someone whose mother tongue was not Arabic. The writer …

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  13. 13List or tableAIU VII.F.34

    Late accounts, listing sales of garments and syrups, mostly to Yaʿaqov ʿAṭias, Yūsuf Seviliah, and Avraham al-Darʿī.

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  14. 14List or tableENA 2456.1–20

    Ledger of accounts and letter drafts/copies. Perhaps some writing exercises, too. In Judaeo-Arabic with at least one Spanish word thrown in (אלסלאם עלה גמיע אלפאמילייה). …

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  15. 15List or tableBodl. MS heb. e 103/13

    Two legal notes, amidst sundry other jottings, mostly calendrical (including the names of months in both Hebrew and Romance—perhaps Ladino). The first note states that …

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  16. 16LetterT-S NS 99.35

    Hebrew letter dated 1687/8 CE (5448 AM), addressed to "the Judges," regarding business transactions. Contains several words in Ladino that are marked with two dots: …

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  17. 17LetterAIU VII.E.50

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Senyor Karo y Frances & Company (numerous letters to the same addressee have survived: see tag). Dated 7 Shevat [5]568 …

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  18. 18LetterCUL Or.1080 J193

    Letter from Moshe Castro, in Jerusalem, to Avraham Ibn Shānjī, in Fustat/Cairo. Written in Hebrew. Dating: 1513/14 CE, based on the assessment of Avraham David. …

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  19. 19Legal documentBL OR 12369.27

    Engagement (shiddukhin) contract on recto. Dated: 11 Tishrei 5567 AM (התקסז), which is 1806 CE. Groom: Moshe Ẓvi. Bride: Simḥa bt. Barukh. Verso is a …

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    1. ב[סט׳׳ו] ובנים ועושר והרוחה
    2. שידך הבחור ונחמד החתן המפואר כה׳׳ר משה צבי
    3. את הכלה יעלת חן וכלילת יופי הבתולה הב[וג]רת מב׳׳ת שמחה 
    4. מב׳׳ת בת המ׳ ב…

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  20. 20Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/100

    Formularies for divorce-related documents. The one on recto is clearly based on a real document and a real case, but gives "peloni" for the month …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בשלישי בשבת באחד עשר יום ליר׳׳ח פ׳ שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות וארבעה עשר ליצירה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה
    3. הסמוכה לפסטאט מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה גירש הי…

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  21. 21LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/18

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq bayt ʿAṭṭān, in Syracuse, to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Contains a colorful …

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