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Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Rashīd (Rosetta). Dated: first decade of Kislev 5454 AM = November/December 1693 CE. Apparently concerning the acquisition of a tax …
תעתוק אחד
Fragment of a betrothal (qiddushin) deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). The groom is probably [...] b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi. The early installment …
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Legal document mentioning the seat of the Bet Din. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Fragmentary but some of the …
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Legal record (#34) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 9r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 34-36) Folio 9r
F. 1r: Arabic document, mentioning "al-bāqī... al-Yahūdī... min al-[...]"; the rest is unidentified. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Fragment of deed of sale in Hebrew in which Esther bat Yosef b. Shalom, her husband Yosef, David b. Sahlan and Dosa sell to each …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated [15]48 Seleucid = 1236/37 CE, under the authority of the Nagid (Avraham Maimonides). Mentions the judge Yeḥiel. Concerning a dispute …
Legal document in Arabic script. Small fragment.
Get (bill of divorce) dated 1058 CE (Nisan 1369) from Fustat. Nissin (!) b. Maḥbūb divorces Mubāraka bt. Ṭoviya.
Legal documents in Arabic script. Verso is dated: 705 H. There is an elaborate signature at the foot of recto. Needs examination.
F. 1r: Betrothal contract between Moses b. Shelomo and Muwaffaqa bint Shemuʾel b. Moses. Location: Cairo. Dated: Kislev 1691 of the Seleucid Era (= 1379 …
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Drafts of legal documents, one involving a certain Mordekhay b. Manṣūr and a sum of 5 peraḥīm (Venetian gold ducats or a similar coinage type). …
Legal document. Release between Araḥ b. Natan (Musāfir b. Wahb) and Shelomo b. Shemuʾel. Dating: ca. 1100 CE, as the scribe is Avraham b. Natan …
Legal document. Dated: Friday 12 Shevat 5407 AM, which is 1647 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic. A woman named Khāṣṣ bt. Shelomo Levi Somekh, the widow of …
Fragment, few lines a very faded script. Mentions silver pieces (waraq). Needs examination.
Legal document related to Nahray b. Nissim. This record refers to the lower fragment of the two in the enclosure. it was photographed upside-down; in …
Possibly a legal document in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-Faraj and prayer(?).
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 4[..] AH (so no later than 1106 CE). Mentions the jahbadh Ḥusayn b. Yūsuf. Needs examination.
Legal document issued by a beit din likely under the direction of Rabbi David Ibn Abi Zimra (lived ca. 1479-1573 CE). In Hebrew. Dated: 10 …
A magical deed of divorce (geṭ), from ʿImrān b. Mordekhay of Muʿizziyya (= New Cairo?) to Ḥabība bt. [...] followed by a spell to open …
דיון אחד
Recto: apparently a list of legal decisions. Verso: two unidentified lines in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information mainly from CUDL.)
Court record fragment of the sale of a European slave by a mother to her son. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 331, and Goitein's …
Legal document. Deed of partnership. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? The names are left blank, and the text is very damaged. Concerning a …
Recto: Draft of a legal document. Involves Abū l-Maʿālī; Rabbenu Yeshʿyahu; 400 dinars; a period of 3 years; a house; Hebrew and Arabic documents; a …
Complaint of the Cairo Jewish community to the "Jabila" council regarding the given neglect for slaughter and a lack of commitment to the Jewish legal …
Verso: Legal note in Arabic script. The one who appoints the agent: Abū l-Faraj Shūʿā b. [...]. The agent: Zuhayr b. Ibrāhīm. Purpose: the sale …
Legal fragment (top only) regarding Menashshe ha-Zaqen. May mention 'my brother, my partner.' No other details preserved.
Fragment of a will. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). "No wailing women; and of garments in which I shall be …
Legal record (#26) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 10v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 3 Shevat 5322 …
Left lower fragment of a settlement concerning books, including al-Ḥāwī fī l-Ṭibb and books of poetry. Involves parties including Abū Saʿīd; Abū Naṣr b. Yosef …
Deed of sale of a house in Fustat dated Dhū l-Qaʿda 643 AH = March/April 1286 CE. Refers to Fustat and the Mamṣūṣa quarter and …
6 bifolia. These all appear to be literary except for the left folio of P5, which is a legal document concerning a real estate transaction. …
Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (bottom part). On parchment. Probably a deed of sale. Dated: 450 AH = 1058/59 CE.
Draft of the opening lines of a legal document. Dated: Thursday, 2 Elul [....], under the authority of Avraham [Maimonides], with the title "Nagid" thus …
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Wife: Sitt al-Fakhr bt. Berakhot. Husband's name not preserved. Signed by Moshe b. Sadoq and the cantor Moshe b. Yehuda. (Information …
Two witness statements from an Arabic-script legal document. One appears to be called Farrūj b. ʿUṣfūr ("pullet son of songbird")
no image available. According to Mosseri Catalogue this MS contains 25 pages, in a late hand. Including formulas of legal deed according to the custom …
Legal record (#42) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 15r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated Tammuz 5321 AM …
Engagement document issued in Cairo. Dated 5604 AM (1843/1844 CE). The location "in the home of the bride" is mentioned in the lower left corner …
Small fragment (lower left corner) from a deed of manumission of a female slave. Only a few words are preserved, including part of a signature …
Laws concerning the writings of legal deeds. Image not available
Bill of divorce for Bayān b. Abu l-[...] and [...] bt. Sedaqa. Dated: 145[.] Seleucid = 1138–48 CE. Witnesses: Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver and Mevorakh …
Marriage document. A beautiful ornamented ketubah, probably on vellum, from Rashid, Egypt. Dated 5544 AM which is 1783/1784 CE. The groom’s name is Avraham, the …
Recto: Legal testimony. Dated Sunday, 2 Shevaṭ 14[..] Seleucid (or 146[.]?). The protagonists are Abū l-Fakhr and Abū Saʿd b. Naḥman. The witnesses state that …