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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
The bride's name is Sitt-al-Bayt. Part of the dowry list is preserved. AA
דיון אחד
Letter to Shemuʾel al-Jibālī from his cousin. Dating: ca. 15th or 16th century.
אין רשומות קשורות
Receipt for the ḍamān (or rent?) of a shop in Minyat al-Ghamr(?) for Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm in the year 516 H.
Distribution of wheat to Byzantines (thabat al-Rūm). Belongs with T-S K15.113. Dating: ca. 1100–40 CE.
Official-looking account in Arabic script. Mentions al-shaykh Abū Saʿd (the Tustari?) after the basmala.
the Yeshiva, the countryside, and the capitation tax (al-jāliya). (Information from CUDL)
Testimony from the wife of Abū Naṣr al-Ḥalabī, the daughter of Abū l-Majd(?). (Information in part from CUDL)
תעתוק אחד
Memorial list ('bayt al-sofer'). The part containing the names is torn off.
Fragment of a letter mentioning [...] b. ʿAbd al-Karīm. Dating: probably Mamluk-era. (Information in part from CUDL)
Circular addressed to 'all the congregations of our brothers of Israel who live in [...],' old and young and parnasim.
The names Yefet and Sitt al-[...] may appear in the bottom line.
Mentions ‘the Christian’ al-Mubāshar and ‘the house of the judge’. Coptic numerals.
Accounts, mentioning several sums of dinars and the name Yosef and al-Naṣrānī. Small fragment. In the hand of ʿArūs b.
There are congratulations for a bride (al-ʿarūsa).
Minute fragment, only few words. Sitt al-Fakhr the bride is mentioned, so it might be from a ketubah.
Accounts with a list of houses, names and quantities of money, mentioning Sālim al-Mustaʿmal (?) and the Babylonian synagogue. (Information from CUDL)
Mentions the names Ḥananya and Yosef al-B[...].
In Arabic script, with all the diacritics and vowels. Verso: Prayer in Arabic script.
Unidentified text(s) in Arabic script, at least partially about calligraphy: "al-khaṭṭ wa-l-qalam... yatalāqayā..."
Muqābil(?) and Manṣūr b. Thābit al-Qazzāz.
Recto (secondary use): Order of payment. Yūsuf al-ʿAsqalānī is to pay sum of money to Abū Saʿd (or Abū Saʿdān(?)).
List of materia medica, including simples such as celery, false bdellium, turpeth, aloes, sarcocolnla, and wormwood. (Information from CUDL)
Receipt for the capitation tax of Bū Saʿd b. Bū ʿAlī in Fustat. Cf. T-S AS 50.99 (PGPID 39028).
Mentions names such as هدرش مهطش منهطورش and invokes the tribes of something (yā maʿāshir al-[...]).
May mention the head of the yeshiva, as well as [Qaṣr] al-Shamʿ.
Two folios from a medieval-era notebook of student alphabetical exercises. Some of the exercises are interspersed with striking patterns and illustrations.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century.
Small fragment in Arabic script (and some Hebrew script?). The name Abū Naṣr b. al-[...] appears. Needs examination.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on recto and verso, all in a very difficult scribal hand. Medieval-era.
List in Arabic on recto mentioning many names and quantities in Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Written on parchment. Includes Kitāb al-Ṭalāq; several books by Saʿadya Gaʾon; and various bible commentaries.
Mentions two ʿatabas (threshold carpets) for "The Gate of the Women" (Bāb al-Nisāʾ).
Yehosef b. Yiṣḥaq the judge al-Kanzi b. Shemuel "the pious".
שלמה ביר יהוסף ריש בי רבנן בן הרב
[...] רבינו יצחק הכנזי זלהה
[בן כבו]ד העז המגדול והמעוז מרינו
רבינו שמואל המ[...] תנצבה
יזכה יהוסף להגות בטוב…
In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Almost the entirety of what is preserved consists of flattery and blessings.
Several folios from an alchemical and treasure hunting manual in Judaeo-Arabic, in a hand known from other similar fragments.
The bride is referred to as Amat al-Qādir. Location: Egypt.
Small fragment of accounts (probably) in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions ʿAlī; Ḥāmid; Nāṣir; Avraham; Kuraym; Abū l-Faraj.
Literary text, notable for a marginal notation that repeats the phrase "rayyis al-sayyāfīn" (head of the sword makers) multiple times.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and some Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions al-Kohen and Abū l-Qāsim.
Model letter commending a worthy scholar to a benefactors notice (all names are given as פל[וני]). (Info from FGP)
Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Refers to al-Wazzān, money that is owed, Abū Naṣr, and wine or a medicinal syrup (sharāb).
Recto: draft of the opening lines of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic in a rudimentary hand. Verso: Arabic alphabet practice in a rudimentary hand.
Refers to a power of attorney; Eliyyahu; Simḥa ha-Zaqen; and someone's wife Sitt al-Milāḥ.
Mentions names such as ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and Abū ʿAbdallāh.
The response refers to determining the "state of ripeness" (ḥāl al-naḍj) of something.
Documentary per FGP, but all fragments look literary. There are dozens of sub-shelfmarks, some Maimonides, ha-Rif and Rashi
The last item is simply "Hārūn al-Rashīd."
In a common hand previously misattributed to ʿArūs. Mentions Zayn al-Tujjār, a turban, and tailored and embroidered items.
Dating: probably 11th–13th century. Mentions Ibn al-Faqīh.
Mentions someone named Yāsīn al-Shāmī; many other names are listed.