16354 records found
Letter fragment. T-S AS 147.106: From the upper part of recto. Flowery blessings for the addressee. ". . . . with Sayyidnā al-Rayyis with my absence during these holidays. . . But there is nothing to be done." The text in the margin mentions a letter from R. Efrayim. . . the loss of my livelihood. . . . and closing greetings. T-S AS 147.115: From the bottom of recto. Most of the text is fragmentary but mentions a certain Ibn al-'Ajami and the writers's shock and dismay. ASE.
A legal note - the writer agree to pay to pay the mortgage for 'Old Egypt' without delay. AA
Letter, with accounts on verso. (Information from CUDL)
Minute fragment. Top part from a legal deed with the Reshut formula for a Nagid, probably from Maimonides family, based on the titles that usually connected with his family such as גיה עפעפינו, from Minyya. AA
Prenuptial contract of Moshe ha-Kohen b. Yosef and the daughter of Shemarya ha-Kohen, stipulating the details agreed upon for the marriage. Dated ca. 1220. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 403)
Fragment of a Karaite ketubba for […] bat Ṭoviyya and ʿOvadya b. Ṣedaqa b. Ḥalfon b. ʿAlūn. In line 3 the word בת was originally written בן and then corrected. Olszowy-Schlanger (1998:375) reads the bride’s name as al-Tifrat. The bride’s agent is Yefet b. Menashshe. Dated [1]3[..] of the Seleucid Era (= at the latest 1087 CE), probably in Egypt. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe probably to one of his brothers. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentions having sent an ʿIrāqī good and a bag (kharīṭa) containing good-quality [...]. Mentions someone named Hiba or [...] b. Hiba. (Information in part from CUDL)
Legal document, probably a prenuptial or engagement document. Groom: Maymūn b. Yosef. Bride: Sitt al-Dalāl. There are conditions about financial support, place of residence, and the phrase "manzil wa-ḥammām" appears. (Information in part from CUDL)
Legal document mentioning the synagogue, [...] ha-Kohen and social service officers (farānisa). (Information from CUDL)
Possibly a medical text, mentioning illnesses. Very dark and damaged
Fragment of a letter addressed to "the leader" (al-rayyis al-fāḍil al-ḥakham al-ajall). In Judaeo-Arabic. Cursive sephardi handwriting. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter or possibly legal document with oral speech. Mentions a prayer book. Accounts on recto. (Information from CUDL)
Letter of recommendation for the bearer, mainly missing just the upper right corner. The bearer is a resident of Jerusalem who is traveling to Fustat. In the praises for the recipient, it says, "May God increase his like in the midst of this weak nation [אלאומה אלצעיפה]." ASE.
Letter to Yeshuʿa the judge. (Information from CUDL)
Shelomo b. Avraham divorces Yuman (?) the daughter of Avraham. Signed by Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq and Hillel b. Eli. Dated Kislev,1391/October 1079. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Letter to the community of Qalyūb. Written and signed by Yeḥiel b. Elyaqim (active 1213–38 CE). The whole paper is preserved, but the text is faded; good candidate for multispectral imaging. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Accounts, mentioning Muslim month names. Associated with T-S 147.174. (Information from CUDL)
Deed of debt from the 16th century between Mas'ud and his brother Menahem, and Aharon. AA
Letter by David Maimonides to the Nasi. Only the first few lines are preserved. (Information from CUDL)
Drafts of lines, of the address of a letter to a certain Jacob. (Information from CUDL)