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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
List of contributors. Yemeni. Mentions Mūsā al-Ḍāhirī and Yaḥyā al-Qāfiḥ among many other names.
תעתוק אחד
Booklist including entries such as Kitāb al-Khalīqa, Kitāb Juʿrāfiyya (געראפיה = Geograph), Divrei ha-Yamim, Kunnāsh Bū Yaʿaqov, Kitāb al-Rasā'il.
אין רשומות קשורות
Ṣāliḥ to Abū l-Ṭayyib Sa'id reporting on transactions and asking for news of the addressee. Also asking for shipment of some flax.
עלקת אליך יאסידי אטאל אללה בקאך הדה אלרקעה אעלמך קד
אנפדת אליך מע חאמלהא עשרין כישה בראני כמא סאלת אשתרית
לך בדינ ואן טלבת זאיד או חאגה …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
"We ask you, O master of existence (mālik al-wajūd), send us the guide of the Jews (murshid al-yahūd). . . ."
The sender is introduced as "the basest slave" (aqall al-mamālīk) and then "al-burhāniyya"(?). Reused for Hebrew literary text.
One registration mark: al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ʿalā niʿamih.
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter to Abū ʿAlīal-[..]n b. Sahl. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment.
Mentions wool and Yūsuf al-Ṣūrī and Passover. Possibly ʿAbd al-Salām.
Reused on recto for Hebrew piyyuṭ. On verso there are also piyyuṭ drafts and some jottings in Judaeo-Arabic.
Mentions what happened upon leaving the synagogue; al-Shaykh al-Thiqa; and Maḍmūn.
Greetings to Abū l-Faraj b. al-Daqqāq (or possibly al-Raqqāq). Very squiggly descenders.
Draft of a bill of sale for an enslaved woman. Abū al-[Man]ṣūr al-Kohen purchases a female slave named Ṭ[...] for the price of 25 dinars.
Mentions a farāsila of cumin and a qirsh (so Ottoman-era?). Mentions Sayyidī al-Nasab al-ʿAqīq Yosef.
Sent either to or from Alexandria. The sender is [...] b. Meshullam (ZL).
Some parts of the name may be legible. There may also be additional text on verso, which was not photographed.
Verses of poetry penned by al-Mutanabbī followed by a commentary or elaboration. Mentions two key figures he wrote panegyrics for - Sayf al-Dawla and Kāfūr.
Following the responsum, there is a copy of Maimonides' letter to Pineḥas ha-Dayyan of Alexandria. (Information from Amir Ashur via FGP)
Mainly books, mainly Bible and Talmud and commentaries. There are also a couple of other packages (ruzma, ruzayma).
Concerning a partnership and mentioning 4 3/4 dinars. Also mentions the years דאתנ and דאתנא but it's not clear how to understand these.
Eliyyahu to the communities of Egypt, through al-Shaykh al-Makīn Abū l-Faraj. (Information from CUDL)
Addressed to important people (al-shuyūkh al-afāḍil). In Hebrew (for the introductory blessings) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body).
Mentions transactions in gold (ʿayn) and silver (wariq) and also contains Coptic/Greek numerals. Needs examination.
Tax receipt for the capitation of Bū l-ʿAlā b. Bū l-Naṣr, written by the jahbadh Hibat allāh.
Legal document concerning money owed by Avraham ha-Levi to Meshullam (EMS). Likely also a join with T-S 8J4.10. Joins by Oded Zinger.
Letter sent by Musa b. Abu Ali b. Salah to Abu al-Faraj Yeshua b. Hananya.
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Mentions David Bibas and Alexandria. Dating: 18th or 19th century. (Information from CUDL)
Letter to Eliyyahu the judge from a female(?) relative in Alexandria, complaining about his treatment of her family.
I wish to inform the august elder, the chief, R. Elijah, may his glory be exalted and his honor increase, that
we received your letter. Im…
Saadya's Sefer ha-Galuy also appears.
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Fragment of a ketubba, with menstrual purity conditions. The husband also accepts that he will not take a second wife.
One side is headed "Cairo" and lists names such as al-Shaykh Abū l-Faraj al-Ṣāyigh
Yūsuf, a Jewish goldsmith (yahūdī ṣāʾigh), in Fustat, for the year 537. See also T-S Ar.35.197.
Yūsuf, a Jewish goldsmith (yahūdī ṣāʾigh), in Fustat, for the year 536. See also T-S Ar.35.196.
Text in Judaeo-Arabic detailing the rising of a celestial body (al-maṭlaʿ al-saʿīd. . . .). Dated: Iyyar 1540 Seleucid = April/May 1229 CE.
Verso: accounts in Arabic with Coptic numerals. Mentions Ibn al-Muṭrib and Hiba al-Khādim. Recto: probably piyyuṭ.
The beginning of the qiyyum also appears, possibly signed by Shelomo [...].
On verso there is more writing, probably also legal, in a different hand. (Information from CUDL.)
דיון אחד
Fragment in poetic Hebrew, possibly from a letter. Might also be a literary text. Refers to the arrival of a letter or letters, "signs and wonders," "our princes read it."
Unidentified document in Arabic script, probably legal or state. Mentions al-shaykh al-Mukhliṣ [...] The top ~3 lines are preserved and additional text on verso.
Refers to a military man: "min rijāl al-ʿasākir al-muʾayyada." Verso may be a distinct document.
Address of a letter to Meʾir Ben-Naʿim (fl. 1785-1825 CE) in Cairo, from someone in Damietta (קפוטקיא). One line is also preserved on verso.
Copies of various epistles of historical importance, at least some attributed to Ḥasdai ibn Shaprut. There are also piyyutim of Dunash b. Labrat. There is an extensive bibliography on FGP.
The other side: Rhymed text (-hū) in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī.
Fragment (lower right piece). Involves ʿAllun and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and possibly a business dispute.
Reporting that the sender left the addressee, rapidly found a boat, traveled to Alexandria, and delivered the letter to the Najīb, who read it and [...]
On fol. 1r there are a few jottings in Arabic script: al-wāḥid... al-ithnayn...
Documentary, Philosophy/ethics; the main text, in Hebrew and Arabic, may be a discussion of reward and punishment; recto also contains Arabic accounts. (Info from FGP)
Rabbinica; probably from the preface to a work of rabbinic literature, but can also be from a letter; the author mentions having consulted the Tosefta; (info from FGP).
Verso: In large, calligraphic, Hebrew script: Shelomo b. Yiftaḥ, to al-Shaykh al-Ajall Abū l-ʿIzz.
Fragment (upper left piece). Involves Abū ʿAbd Allāh known as ʿUbayd b. [...] al-Ḥammār. Needs examination.
Shelomo. The fragment also contains a printed sample of the book.