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Legal testimony concerning Ibrahim b. Futūḥ b. Ṭayyib, who spread heretical interpretations of the Torah, and who was opposed by the judge Ḥayyim. Goitein writes, …
תעתוק אחד 3 דיונים
Partial drawing of a galley, with people on board. Writing above and below picture, including [...]כרג סהמ. (Information from CUDL.)
אין רשומות קשורות
One side: small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Other side: Arabic text. Needs further examination. The name Abū l-Barakāt appears, and perhaps the phrase "ḥaqq …
Legal fragment. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Refers to merchandise; a sum of 1 1/3 dinars, prolonged disputes, and the …
Informal note. Mercantile. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Asking the addressee to arrange for one of the writer's representatives or colleagues in Alexandria or …
Fragment of a petition addressed to the Nagid (Avraham Maimonides). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1544 Seleucid, which is 1232/33 CE. The names of four senders appear …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Recto: One line in a relatively small and faded chancery hand interspersed with Hebrew text. May mention 'dīwān'. Reused for Hebrew script on recto and …
Note in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is calling in a loan of 8.5 dirhams and also tells the addressee to pay the messenger. There are pen …
Verso: Draft of a petition in Arabic script, addressed to a lower official. The petitioners raise a dispute regarding a synagogue (kanīsa). They are barred …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Fragment of a legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 12th century. In which someone acknowledges a debt of 100 dinars to another person. The. names …
Letter from Yiṣḥaq ha-Melammed ha-Bavli, in Bilbays, to Abū Isḥāq b. Bū l-Rabīʿ and a judge named Eliyya, in Fustat. (Goitein's index card says that …
דיון אחד
Fol. 1r: Agreement between Ṣedaqa b. Meshullam ha-Levi and Maʿālī b. Bū l-Faḍl Ibn al-Hawārī concerning a debt of 15 dinars for which one of …
Instructions for the shevaʿ berakhot and other wedding procedures. Dated at the top of the right page: 1441, "the 4th year of the maḥzor" (in …
Talmudic text in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi.
Accounts in Arabic script.
Recto: beginning of a letter. Mentions Rabbenu Ḥananʾel, blessings for a recovery from an illness, and "there are only a few left." Verso: unidentified. (Information …
Minute fragment from the bottom of a legal deed. Written on the 11th of a month (...בשבה דהוא חדסר יומה...). Signed by someone whose signature …
Verso (original use): Petition to a Jewish official in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment of a calligraphic letter with wide line spacing addressed to “our master” …
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 20 Shawwāl 741 AH = 8 April 1341 CE. Seems to be a debt contract in which two people …
Page from a volume of seliḥot to be read during the 10 days of repentance, with an ownership/purchase note by the cantor Yefet b. ʿAmram …
Itemized business accounts probably for the shipment of commodities. Dating: 11th or possibly 12th century. Mentions תלאליס קלאעיה on verso. Mentions Alexandria and Rashīd.
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Form letter from the community of Safed, for the shaliaḥ Yaʿaqov b. Avraham to carry with him in his fundraising. Bewails the destruction of synagogues …
Petition mentioning the names of Ismāʻīl and ʻUmar al-Kutāmī. [Described on the paper wrapper as: "Complainte contre un homme de la tribu de Kutawa [...] …
Address of a letter sent to Fustat to Eliyyahu the judge (beginning of 13th century). (Information from CUDL)
List, probably, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, in Qalyub, to Gaon Sar Shalom ha-Levi, in Fustat. In Hebrew. After a poem in praise in the Gaon …
Fragments from a court testimony (a power of attorney) dated 1095/6, in the same hand and apparently part of the same page. The verso contains …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on recto and verso. 15th- to 17th-century based on the paleography. Both sides feature an entry for "מעלמיין". Requires further examination.
Family letter from a certain Avraham to his brother Moshe. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century. A. David identifies the sender as Avraham Sagish, writing from …
Legal record (#54) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 14v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 52-55) Folio 14v
תעתוק אחד
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in a unique hand. The heading includes a date with the months Shaʿbān and Tūt, but its exact meaning is unclear (it …
From a ledger of donations arranged by the parshiyot of the year 1803/1804 CE (5564 AM). See joins.
List of luxury garments and jewels belonging to or that were sold to various people (headers: "the wife of my paternal uncle... for sale... that …
Kabbalistic menora surrounded by floral motifs composed of micrography. Visually arresting. Also massive: 51.5 x 37 cm and missing at least ⅓ from the top.
Printed commercial booklist in Ladino, perhaps an insert from the front pages or the end of a bound book. The title reads: "Nota de los …
Small fragment with text in Arabic script, including a basmala and possibly a date at the top.
Astrological text in Arabic. Cites Ptolemy.
Anecdote in Judaeo-Arabic. "He said that Ibn Kadarānī (? כדראני) was worth 2,000 mithqāls. He came to Egypt with 1,000 mithqāls and encountered a beautiful …
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Yosef Halevi. The bride Esther known as Sukar d. Barukh Halevi b. Shlomo Halevi.
Legal document in Arabic script. With witness signatures. One of them is Mūsā b. ... b. Aḥmad. Needs examination for content.
Legal record (#20) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 5r-v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 19-20) Folio 5v
Petition to a woman from a prisoner (?) in rudimentary script and spelling, asking her "on the life of al-Shaykh Abū l-Maḥāsin" to do a …
Original document: Petition from a woman (al-mamlūka), probably in Tinnīs (المقيمة بمدينة تنيس حماها الله تعالى) to a dignitary with the title al-Juyūshī. The addressee …