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Legal query in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning prayer/liturgy.
Mysterious fragment in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Contains the intriguing phrase "innahu mukhaddar al-ʿaql."
Legal query addressed to Yehosef ha-Rav. Small fragment.
Legal document. Small fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe
Mysterious fragment with Hebrew and Arabic script.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Medieval. Needs examination.
Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Yeshuʿa ha-Sar. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Draft, probably. Only formulaic content remains. In the upper margin there is a list of names and numbers in Judaeo-Arabic.
Legal query with responsum. In Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Unfortunately, most of it is covered up by the other fragment. Needs examination in person.
Informal note from Yeshuʿa to a Parnas. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Faraj and the bearer of the note and a court case.
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Cryptic. Mentions a blazing fire.
Fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like instructions for something, possibly medical or alchemical.
Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Involves Abū l-Fakhr Ibn al-Amshāṭī (here spelled אלאמשטי).
Letter fragment addressed to Moshe ha-Sar. Only the introduction is preserved.
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe or Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentions Avraham b. Shemaʿya.
Document about the shipment of a purse containing 113 dinars to Nahray b. Nissim and Yaʿaqov b. Ismāʿīl al-Andalusī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. NB: Gil transcribed the document from the microfilm at the National Library of Israel that has the number 16152. The Rylands shelfmark is listed on the microfilm as 1860—4. The current shelfmark is JRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/17.
Recto: Formulary for a legal testimony. Verso might be more of the same; there is additional text written between the lines at 180 degrees.
Informal note addressed to Abū Yaʿaqov. In Judaeo-Arabic. Wishing him good morning and reminding him to send the money for the megilla.
Letter from Eliyyahu b. Zekharya (=Eliyyahu the Judge?) to Abū l-Ṭ[āhir?]. In Judaeo-Arabic. Little of the content remains.
Legal fragment/draft. One line only. Involves Khibā' bt. Menashshe.
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