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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
A few lines in Arabic script, very faded. The rest of the bifolium is occupied with Hebrew literary text of various kinds.
אין רשומות קשורות
Menashshe to his brother Halfon (ca. 1100–38). Very damaged and faded.
Damaged and faded fragment, probably from a responsum. The text is too fragmentary, but it seems it is dealing with payment of damage.
Small fragment, damaged and faded. "Seven hundred" appears on one side.
Seʿadya. Mentions Abū l-Faḍāʾil.
The groom name is Ya'aqov and the bride is Esther known as Mas'uda. Damaged and faded.
Letter. Faded. Addressed to Abū l-Majd. It may be from Yehuda b. Aharon b. al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. […] The sender reports that he met with Ibn Bū l-Zakkār; mentions Sayyidnā al-Rayyis; and reports that Hilāl (perhaps Meir's brother of the same name) honored him with his son Maʿānī (perhaps by hiring him as a teacher).
Shelomo; one of them is also signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. One record contains an interesting testimony from Nissim b. […] He gives a fairly detailed description of the cheese-making process (rennets and all). A Copt apprehended them and confiscated the shipment in the name of the state until the 'Rayyis' pulled some strings (faḍḍalaʿalaynā) and sent Abū l-Majd the brother of Abū Yūsuf(?) […] The man giving the testimony about the cheese, Nissim b. Shemuel, also signed T-S 12.561 (dated 143[.] Seleucid) together with Ḥalfon b.
Refers repeatedly to "the kings" and rulers. The text is too faded to understand but some parts are tantalizing: "... their path is not... they are crowned with crowns of gold... on themselves... no one, whether high or low class, and the jizya will not be taken from them... if we required them to pay the jizya, if each one payed a dirham in gold(?)... […] the liars who intended to stir up discord (fitna) which is more severe than... between the allied kings (al-mulūk al-mutawādidīn).... and we have the possibility of...
"The matter is out of my hands. . . . the situation is rotten." The rest is quite faded but potentially decipherable.
Very faded, perhaps magical incantations? Mentions angels' names, demons, plague, quotes Song of Songs 8:7.
There is Hebrew text on verso in a different hand, but seems too faded to read.
Legal document, an iqrār, beginning with "aqarr", in Arabic script. An unrelated faded document in Arabic script on verso. Needs examination.
State document, in Arabic script. 5 partially faded lines in chancery script are visible. Reused for bookbinding.
Long letter in Hebrew, very faded. Byzantine hand? Probably an appeal for charity or other assistance.
Mentions a certain Abū l-Faḍl.
Very small note, faded and difficult to read. Might be related to illness judging by the words مريض and سرعة.
Recto: Letter fragment mentioning Faḍāʾil and Yūsuf. Reused for a Hebrew-script legal document on verso (see separate entry).
Bifolio of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Faded and smudged. (Not a letter as catalogued on FGP.)
Bifolio with entries headed by dates and lists of names (e.g. Abu l-Faḍl).
Much damaged, rubbed and faded ketubah written by Yosef b. Shemuʾel Halevi (Date: ca. 1180-1210) .
Verso (original use): Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Very faded. Spanish/Maghribī hand. mentions Fez.
Letter in Arabic script. Quite faded/damaged. Greetings to various people on the back (preserved as recto), including to ʿAdwān and Muḥammad.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: 11th or 12th century.
Very faded letter in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, who was the muqaddam of Bilbays (active 1172–1218).
In Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, with one line in Hebrew script. Dark paper and faded ink.
Recto: a very faded and damaged, barely legible, letter, mentions Damascus and a certain Zekharya b. [...]
Goitein describes it as the end of an enormous deed containing a settlement between Abū l-Faḍl Shela b. Yefet b. Shelomo Ibn al-Sukkarī (aka Sahl b. […] There is a loan (שטר יזפתא) of 1000 dinars, apparently provided by the nephew. All claims resulting from the uncle's work in the royal mint will be equally shared. Also mentions the uncle's wife, Hinda. Signed by Yehuda b.
דיון אחד
Pinḥas (aka Araḥ b. Natan) to Abū l-Faḍl Thābit b. Hibatallāh Rosh ha-Qehillot (a.k.a. […] Frenkel states that only the address has survived, but there are also five lines preserved of the main text on recto and additional text in the upper margin. […] He asks for a letter to be sent to Abū ʿAlīal-Sadīd the overseer of official embroidery (mutawallī al-ṭirāz) The letter ends with kissing the hands of 'my lords, the brothers,' and someone else's hand: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم . . . . . .
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Small fragment, faded and damaged. Probably from a legal deed or letter.
Capitation tax receipt for Bū l-Faḍl b. Manṣūr, a Jewish trader, in Fustat. Dated: 17 Muḥarram 525 AH.
There is a significant amount of faded/damaged text that may become legible through Hierax digital restoration.
Mentions a wife; the writer's suffering; gold; regards to the addressee's wife and children; mentions Sitt Faḍāʾil.
Late. (b) Probably too faded to read. Looks like Judaeo-Arabic, and looks older.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Very faded. Sent from Jerusalem to Cairo, based on the damaged address on the verso: מירושלם למצרים.
In Judaeo-Arabic. Involving Abū l-Faḍl and Abū l-Barakāt. Perhaps related to verso.
Informal note addressed to "Rabbenu" asking him to pay Abū l-Faḍl the maintenance payments (mezonot) for the Shabbat of parshat Toldot.
תעתוק אחד
Groom: Aharon. Bride: Esther. Very faded, and only the upper right corner is preserved.
Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 14th century. Very faded. Mentions Jerusalem and commercial goods.
A lot is preserved but faded. The taqbīl clause and yunhī formula are readable.
One extremely faded and fragmented line, in Arabic script. "wa-lā fī yad shay" can be read, probably a letter.
Fol. 2v (upper section): Letter to a ḥaver in Judaeo-Arabic. The text is faded and the phrases are quite vague—needs further examination.
Very dark, faded and damaged letter in Hebrew. Regarding monetary issues, but very hard to read due to its state of preservation.
Recto: faded and damaged text in Arabic, possibly part of a letter, mentioning a qāḍī.
Recto: part of a treatise concerning agriculture, mentioning the great Nile and rain. Verso: badly faded, unidentified. (Information from CUDL.)
Both sides are extremely faded. (Information from CUDL)
Small fragment (upper right corner of recto). Very faded. (Information from CUDL)
Letter conveying greetings to a certain Yehuda (or maybe Umm Yehuda). Small fragment, very faded. (Information in part from CUDL)
Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Very faded/rubbed. Seems to be describing a house.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. On verso, "I your father greet you..." (Information in part from CUDL)