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Legal document, quite faded. In which [...] Abū l-Faḍl b. [...] Daniʾel(?) "ha-sofer ha-mahir" acknowledges a debt of 287 dirhams to Abū Saʿīd b. Ṣedaqa …
אין רשומות קשורות
Either a short note or the beginning of a letter from the Cordoban (al-Qurṭubī) Mūsā al-Kohen to Binyamin. In Judaeo-Arabic, in a dreadful hand. On …
Letter from Abū ʿImrān b. Ghulayb to Abū l-Bayān Ibn al-Ahuv (probably Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, d. 1212 CE). In Arabic script. (Aodeh misread the …
תעתוק אחד
None
Memorial list of persons from different families mentioning the judges Shabbat and Efrayim and the latter's son Yehuda "the distinguished member of the ḥavura." (Information …
דיון אחד
Accounts, probably, in Arabic script.
Beautiful calligraphic fragment of deed of sale of a bathhouse in Zawilat al-Mahdiyya, Ifrīqiya, by one Jew to another. The seller describes the bath and …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Legal fragment. Preserving the date 1441 Seleucid = 1129/30 CE, and little else.
Business letter from Farah b. Yosef in Alexandria to Yehuda b. Menashshe in Fustat concerning the delivery of goods, namely items of silver, olive oil, …
3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Calligraphic texts and scribal exercises in Hebrew script. The dating is likely 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The scribe does not leave any …
There are multiple fragments under this shelfmark; some of them are joins. C, fol.3 - State document, or a draft, in Arabic script. Four ʿalāmas …
Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder to the judge Yehuda ha-Kohen (b. Ṭuviyyahu?). On parchment. Only the beginning is preserved.
Letter of appeal for assistance. In Judaeo-Arabic, with many phrases in Hebrew. Dated Nisan 5562 AM which is 1802 CE (= the 9th of the …
Court record dealing with a dispute between Saʿadya and ʿEli ha-Levi over a sum of 8 dinars. It refers to the price of honey, an …
Document in Arabic, probably, from which four lines of text remain. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Bifolium of legal records, one of which is dated 1519 CE (Sivan 1830 Seleucid).
Letter fragment, or a draft. "yunhī anna". Jottings in Arabic on recto and verso. Needs examination.
Letter or responsa fragment concerning a legal case, in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). In Hebrew. The substance is obscure. Mentions …
List(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. On the right in larger characters is a list of piyyuṭim, and/or books, for specific dates in …
Narrative text about the destruction of the second temple — Yossipon? Mentions Titus, bayt al-maqdis, al-Quds (Jerusalem), and "a village called Maṣitā" (Masada?) to which …
Beginning of a letter to Yaʿaqov b. Aharon ha-Kohen. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Fragment of a marriage contract of the groom Elʿazar and the bride Sitt al-Dar, in which the bride undertakes to bring up the groom's children. …
Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century, based on the locations (e.g. al-Mahdiyya and Sicily) and people named. Fragment: Right side of recto and right …
Ketubba. Bride: Malīka bt. Mukhtār. Groom: Ṣedaqa b. Yeshuʿa. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 13 Av 1365 Seleucid = 20 July 1054 CE. Early marriage payment: …
Verso: Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, likely related to the India trade. The layout is reminiscent of Abū Zikrī Kohen's letters, though the …
An early legal document, in Hebrew rather than Judaeo-Arabic. Location: al-Banā, near Fāqūs in the Nile Delta. Dated: Tishrei 4759 AM = 1309 Seleucid = …
Upper text: piyyuṭim by Yannai, qedushtaʾot for the reading of two sedarim in the Palestinian triennial cycle, Leviticus 15:1 and 15:25, part of a maḥzor …
Bifolio from a literary work. Containing an ownership note for Shelomo ha-Kohen b. Yosef (grandson of the gaʾon).
Petition draft, or most like pen trials, in Arabic script. Contains the yunhī formula. Writing exercise on recto.
Recto: an adjuration of demons or angels, to reveal things to Yaʿqov b. Yosef. Verso: titles of magical recipes, including one for the road and …
Bifolio of mercantile accounts in Arabic script. Many entries are crossed out. Mentions people such as Abū l-Barakāt al-Kohen (الكوهان). Mentions commodities such as buckthorn …
Letter from 'Ayyash b. Sadaqa in Fustat to Barhun b. Moshe Tāhartī of Qayrawan in Alexandria. Dating: 11th century.
כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי וגלילי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך
וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן מצר מסתהל מרחשון כתמה אללה עלינא ועל…
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Deed of lease for an apartment (ṭabaqa). In Arabic script. Dated: 25 Ṣafar 919 AH = 2 May 1513 CE. Lessee: Manṣūr b. Najīb (b.) …
Recto: Deed of sale of a house bought by Mufaddal, left side only. The description of the boundaries of the house is inserted in Judaeo-Arabic …
Legal document probably relating to the sale detailed on recto (PGPID 8226), which is a deed of sale for 1/3 of a house dating to …
This copy of a marriage contract from a record book from the Palestinian synagogue of Fustat is written on four pages of two folios consisting …
Letter from an unknown man to Rachel Zussman. In Yiddish. "The letter is short and touches upon a relative’s illness and minor business matters. Verso …