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Regular expressions
The Princeton Geniza Project database allows for search expressions containing certain 'regular expressions'. Regular expressions are codes that can be inserted in search queries to match patterns of text.
| ^string | Matches the text at the beginning of the string |
| string$ | Matches the text at the end of the string |
| . | Matches any single character (including special characters) |
| a* | Matches the sequence of zero or more of the specified character |
| a+ | Matches the sequence of one or more of the specified character |
| a? | Matches zero or one occurrence of the specified character |
| abc|def | Matches either one of the specified strings |
| [abc] | Matches any one of the specified characters |
Boolean Search
The Princeton Geniza Project database uses a boolean full-text search. This type of search allows users to combine keywords with operators to refine searches. Possible operators and examples of their use:
| מולאנא מולאי | Search for rows that contain either of two words by simply typing them consecutively. In this case, the search will find documents that contain either מולאי or מולאנא. |
| כתאבי +מולאי+ | Use a + sign before word to search for rows that contain all of them (in this case the words כתאבי and מולאי) |
| כתאבי AND מולאי כתאבי OR מולאי | The keyword AND indicates that both search terms must be present in the results. OR matches either search term. |
| כתאב –כתאבה | Use a - sign to exclude a term from your results (in this case, the search will include כתאב but exclude כתאבה) |
| *כתאב ?כתאב |
Use an asterisk or a question mark as a wildcard. An asterix matches any number of characters. A question mark matches any single character |
Join: T-S K3.25 + T-S K3.26
T-S K3.25
Recto/verso:
Section:
Verso: Book list in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (identification by Frenkel), written on the back of a letter addressed to his father Eliyyahu the Judge. Dating: early 13th century (Allony speculated 11th century, since none of the books are later than that). The book list mentions a translation of Deuteronomy, commentaries to biblical books (e.g. Psalms, Genesis, the Megillot), and a copy of Saʿadya’s Siddur on verso(?). (Information from CUDL.) NB: Allony et al. edited this manuscript under the name "T-S K23.27," which was either a mistake or the shelfmarks have changed. Also, there is no fragment at T-S K3.25.
Ed. and trans. Nehemia Allony, Ben-Shammai and Miriam Frenkel, The Jewish Library in the Middle Ages: Book Lists from the Cairo Geniza (in Hebrew) (2006). Allony et al. edited this manuscript under the name "T-S K23.27.".
Type: List or table
Tags:
cudl
T-S K3.26
Recto/verso: recto
Section:
Recto: Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer, a Persian man (ʿajamī), who is suffering for various reasons (ḥamas/oppression and cold weather are mentioned) and who needs a riding animal to travel to Syria (al-Shām).
Type: Letter
Tags:
recommendation persians
