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Letter to Avraham (judging by the formulae, most likely Avraham Maimonides). (Information from the Cambridge Genizah Research Unit via FGP).
תעתוק אחד
Engagement deed dated June 1760 CE (15 Tammuz 5520 AM). Moshe b. Avraham ha-Levi Caraso is engaged to Mlīḥa bt. Yosef Najjār. 100 arayōt (groom's …
Recto: Literary anecdotes in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script involving Abū Nuwās (=Ibn Hānī) and Hārūn al-Rashīd.
אין רשומות קשורות
Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Probably magical due to the humanoid figure at the side. Needs examination.
Verso: Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Sunday, 17 [...] 1359 Seleucid, which is 1047/48 CE. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Certifying that [...] b. Khalaf ha-Levi has …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד 2 דיונים
Description from PGPID 9078: ח36 מכתב מאת יהודה הלוי אל חלפון על השלמת פדיון השבויה והשגת תשובה מר"י אבן מיגש טולדו, כנראה אוגוסט–ספטמבר 1138 חומר …
3 תעתוקים 3 תרגומים 2 דיונים
Small fragment of a legal document. Mentions Bū l-Mufaḍḍal and 100 d(irhams?). (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter in Ladino in which most of the heading has been damaged but could indicate the year [5]419CE given that the latter two digits are …
Letter from Mevorakh b. Natan ha-haver containing congratulations to Passover for Shelomo ha-Rofe and "the sons of the generous Yeshua" (Hebrew: "Benei Yeshua Ha-Nadiv"). Verso: …
מבורך בן נתן בן שמואל החבר
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Recto: trousseau list. Verso: unidentified document. (Information from CUDL.)
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Small fragment of a legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 11 Ṣafar 916 AH = 20 May 1510 CE.
Accounts of the bookseller. People mentioned: Ibn ʿUbayd, Bū l-Fakhr, and Abū Isḥāq Ibn al-Maṣmūdī. See also the description for the whole notebook Bodl. MS …
דיון אחד
Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Includes learned legalistic discussions. After the beginning of a citation of a legal document, it refers to the death of Abū …
Fols. 33b–131a: Commentary on the Mishnah by Natan ben Avraham, Av ha-Yeshiva (first half of 11th century). This is a Yemeni copy from the sixteenth–seventeenth …
Letter to Yiṣḥaq b. ʿOvadya in Granada, Spain, from Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham b. Ezra (Toledo, Spain). "I believe Mar Joseph is traveling to your place …
Likely a fiscal document. In Arabic script. Needs examination. Reused for Hebrew blessings on recto.
Letter from a Qaraite probably of Persian origin. His location is unknown (perhaps Ramla or Fustat), as are the identity of the addressee and his …
Letter from Farajūn b. Hilāl, in a provincial town, to an unidentified addressee, in Fustat. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The sender may be Abū …
Recto: bottom of a marriage contract (ketubba). Groom: Yosef b. Shelomo. Bride: Karīmā bt. Nuṣayr known as Elʿazar. The end of her dowry list is …
Recto: Small fragment from official correspondence. The ends of three lines are preserved. Refers to a "matter" (qaḍiyya) twice and maybe a problem (mushkila). Verso: …
Accounts, probably.
List of names with corresponding sums of money. Likely contributors to charity. Dating: First half of the 11th century (or late 10th century), per Goitein …
Letter draft from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ha-Bavli to the dignitary ʿOvadya. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is titled Amīn al-Dawla Thiqat al-Mulk, “Trusted by the Dynasty, …
Draft of a legal document (or documents). In Judaeo-Arabic. There is writing on both sides. Looks like the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, but it …
Draft(s) of legal document(s). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Mentions a woman named Mudallala and transactions involving property. Needs further examination.
Hebrew poetry. In the hand of Pinḥas b. Ṭuviyyahu?
Court declaration in which Moshe b. Yeshuʿa testifies to having received all due him from Abū Ghālib Elʿazar b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, working for him in …
Accounts of debts between the scribe and a certain Hārūn, in dirhams and in quires (karārīs).
Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: November 28, 1062 (Udovitch). The writer recently returned …
2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים דיון אחד
Right fragment: Letter addressed to Eliyyahu b. Zekharya the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the introductory blessings are preserved here. Handwriting of Ṭahor b. Avraham.
Letter addressed to Abū Manṣūr b. Yefet ha-Kohen Ibn Qasāsa with orders for scammony (maḥmūda) and camphor. Verso mentions Abu l-Ḥusayn and/or Abū l-Ḥasan, the …
Letter fragment concerning delayed news and communications from a high-ranking addressee, probably a lower state official. The writer expresses concern for the addressee’s safety and …
Document in Arabic script, perhaps a trade letter/document. Mentions sending something, probably a letter and milk "ḥalība maḥmūla", in the companionship (suḥba) of someone and …
Small fragment of a text in Hebrew, probably 17th-century or later based on the paleography. Much of the text appears to be honorifics, מרביץ ת׳ …
State document, probably a decree. In Arabic script, in a chancery hand. Huge letters and wide space between the lines. Reused for a Judaeo-Arabic literary …
Letter fragment from Saʿadya b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Dayyan to Shemuel ha-Sar. What remains is in Hebrew. Only the opening and address are preserved. The same sender …
Letter to Mevorakh b. Saadya (Nagid 1094–1111) from an official (muqaddam) and cantor in a community near Alexandria, who asks the Nagid to send a …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein's index card contains several conflicting suggestions about the handwriting of the sender and the dating. The sender is pained that his …
Bottom of an Arabic legal document. There are four witness statements stacked on top of each other. The document itself is missing. It may have …
Arabic poetry. Part of one line (إِذ يَغسَلُ الدَمعُ كُحلَها) is from a poem by Jamīl Buthayna, but the rest has not been identified yet.
Small fragment of a letter or petition in Arabic script. Addressed to an amīr. Only a few formulaic phrases preserved: وغير ذلك يتفضل الامير ادام …