16354 records found
Monograph; rules concerning marriage. All written by Joseph Rosh Ha-Seder
See PGP 25322
See PGP 25322
Responsum by HARID (R. Yish'aya di-Tirani 1165-1240), end of no. 93 in the printed edition (info by Simcha Emanuel, FGP)
Fragment of a will in which a gift is given to Abu al-Faraj, the brother, and to Abu Sa'd, of a part of a house and a warehouse including some books, probably written by Hillel b. Eli. AA
End of an Arabic document on verso
Recto: beginning of a letter; verso: a few words in Judaeo-Arabic (concerning the Day of Atonement) and pen exercises in Arabic script; with marginalia. (info from FGP)
Fragment of a letter from Maymun b. Efrayim of Alexandria to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. Awkal. (Information from Goitein index cards; also Gil)
Fragment of genealogical list of Geonim, ca. 1040.
Inventory of a private library. 65 books are listed; most are bible and commentaries. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century, as the latest work mentioned is Kitāb al-Muḥāḍara by Moshe Ibn ʿEzra (d. 1138 or 1139). (Information from Allony.) See also Goitein's index card.
See PGP 3783
Torn bill of release written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). The son of Husayn al-Attar is releasing his uncle Abu Ishaq Avraham b. Yeshu'a from any claim. AA
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on parchment. Mentions business matters and collaterals.
Arabic text with wide line-spacing, reused for Hebrew-script text.
Marriage contract (ketubba) from Minyat Zifta, Egypt, 1093-4. The groom is Saadiah ha-hazzan b. Sedaqa ha-hazzan, a man known to have served as a cantor, judge, and scribe in Minyat Zifta. (Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, 107-9) EMS
An almost complete letter written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). Halfon informs that he applied to Mubarak Ibn Diqlas regarding an issue and also to his brother Abu Nasr and made him ashamed(?) regarding 3 dinars, probably a debt, but he couldn't collect it from him. When Mubarak will return to Egypt he will try to take care of it. He is asking the addressee to by him olive oil for one dinar and sending regards. AA
Record of court proceedings, involving Ishaq ha-Haver and Efraim ha-Haver, in which someone is accused of desecrating the Sabbath in the Rif. Also Ascalon is mentioned and a ship, but the text is fragmentary. AA
Unfinished bill of release from 1525 Era of documents (= 1214) under the authority of Avraham Maimuni. Abu al-Hasan al-Dala[ti] ans Abu al-Baha are released by Abu Imran Moshe Hakohen from any claim. AA
Fragment of a letter from Ismāʿīl b. Yūsuf b. Benaya. Sent to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: No later than 1038 CE, since it mentions a letter from Hayya Gaon, who is still alive. Refers to somebody who fled into 'the lands of the Turks' and then into 'the lands of the Persians.' (Information from Goitein's index card.)
A faded Arabic receipt on verso of a piyyut - needs examination.