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Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, with the latter's autograph responsum. NB: There is an extensive bibliography on this fragment, but it is often erroneously called MS 8254, fol. 16. See FGP under MS 8254, fol. 16.

Recto: Legal document. Dated: 4976 AM, which is 1215/16 CE. Under the reshut of Avraham Maimonides. Involving a certain Abū l-Rabīʿ Sulaymān and Shelomo ha-Levi (unless these are the same person?). Verso: Legal document, formulary/draft. Underneath, there is an extremly faded text block (a letter?) in the hand of Avraham Maimonides.

Kifāyat al-ʿĀbidīn by Avraham Maimonides. Information from FGP.

Legal document from the court of Avraham Maimonides. The members of the court are listed in a neat table: Ḥananel b. Shemuel, Yeḥiel b. Elyaqim, Yiftaḥ b. Yaʿaqov, Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, Yosef b. Shemuel, and Ḥalfon Kohen b. Elʿazar. See Goitein, Med Soc II, 546 no. 16, where this is the "unidentified ENA manuscript" mentioned. Information in part from Friedman, Maimonides Appoints R. Anatoly Muqaddam of Alexandria [Hebrew], p. 153 no. 71.

Current shelfmark: ENA NS 18.36.

Commentary on the Mishna. Maimonides autograph.

Letter fragment from a certain Moshe to the Nagid Avraham (I or II?).

Verso: Letter of appeal from a poor man [...] ha-Levi addressed to the Nagid David I Maimonides (r. 1237–1300) or David II Maimonides (r. 1355–1410). In Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with standard praises as well as a prayer for David's speedy recovery from his illness. There follows a detailed story about money that may be owed to the writer.

Recto: Ayyubid or Mamluk-era fiscal account. In Arabic script. Extremely neat and well-preserved. Mentions Dār al-Malik al-Muẓaffar and al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ. Needs examination.

Jottings in Hebrew script and Arabic script, perhaps including some accounts.

Legal document. Mentions a certain Rabbenu Shelomo. Signed by [Avraham?] b. David b. Avraham b. Moshe Maimonides. Dating: Before 1313 CE, as Avraham II Maimonides lived 1245–1313.

Commentary on the Mishna. Maimonides autograph.

Mishneh Torah. Maimonides autograph. There are joins: see FGP.

Guide for the Perplexed. Maimonides autograph.

Botanical work in the handwriting of Maimonides. See partial transcription and translation in Friedman, Dictionary, p. 563.

A circular of Maimonides on the ransoming of captives. Dated: Summer (Tammuz) 1169 CE. With Maimonides' signature.

Maimonides, responsa

Maimonides, responsa

List of responsa in Judaeo-Arabic (FGP)

Needs examination (ASE).