16354 records found
T-S NS 264.71
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Baqā' (or perhaps Abū l-Baqā') to a certain teacher (melammed). The writer conveys his sympathies for some bad news and asks the addressee to purchase five raṭls of high-quality chicken for him.
T-S NS 264.72
Account in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment.
T-S NS 264.73
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Probably in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe.
T-S NS 264.74
Letter in Hebrew. Fragment, only the first few lines are preserved. Calligraphic and formal style. Probably the beginning of a letter of appeal.
T-S NS 264.75
Small fragment in Hebrew characters. Appears to be Ladino.
T-S NS 264.76
Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a legal query ("mā yaqūl sayyidunā. . . ").
T-S NS 264.77
Recto: Elaborate grid in red and black ink, each cell filled in with a Hebrew letter, except for three, which contain a nickname: "known as Ben Dānān." Perhaps for divination. Verso: A basmala in Arabic script followed by a difficult-to-read line in Judaeo-Arabic.
T-S NS 264.78
Small fragment in Hebrew characters.
T-S NS 264.79
Letter in Arabic script. Fragment. Calligraphic and loopy script.
T-S NS 264.79
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to a certain Yiṣḥaq, who is asked to convey the note (ruqʿa) to the judge, "for the shaykh has killed me." Requires further examination to determine how the shaykh killed the writer: something to do with yesterday evening and money.
T-S NS 264.8
Business letter from Maʿālī to his father Abū l-Khayr b. Maʿālī al-Dimashqī. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic. Fragment. Maʿālī received the letter his father sent with Barukh and rejoiced at his health. He mentions business dealings with Ibrahīm and Surūr and Dā'ūd involving alum (shabb) and indigo (nīl). There is high demand for the former among the people of Almeria. ASE.
T-S NS 264.80
Verso: fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Similar content as recto. Ordering pepper, a raṭl of marjoram (bardaqūsh), a qadaḥ of anise (anīsūn), a qadaḥ of caraway (karāwiyyā), and 'the remainder' white sugar, "so that I can do business in them, working near to the ḍarrābīn, and hopefully on Sunday I'll be with you. And if you have..."
T-S NS 264.80
Recto: Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic asking Bū l-Ḥasan to purchase 2.5 raṭls of pepper, 1 raṭl of almonds, and 1 raṭl of "bustaj lubbān ṣāliḥ" = good-quality olibanum incense(?). Ṣāfī will do something with the almond oil and the myrtle (marsīn). Dating: Probably late 12th or early 13th century. Might be related to the family of Abū l-Ḥasan Yedutun ha-Levi (who often dealt in small quantities of materia medica and had a factotum named Ṣāfī), but the handwriting still needs to be identified.
T-S NS 264.81
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment.
T-S NS 264.82
Perhaps prayers, in a mixture of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Judaeo-Arabic.
T-S NS 264.83
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning [...] b. Kuḥla, a ghulām, and Muslim courts. There are jottings in the margin and on verso, including of the name Yosef b. Avraham.
T-S NS 264.84
Text in Judaeo-Arabic informing someone about their livelihood. Perhaps prognostications/horoscopes.
T-S NS 264.85
Possibly a legal query in Judaeo-Arabic ("please inform us the meaning of the saying. . . "), mentioning matters such as taxes (maks), debt owed by orphans (or the communal fund for orphans), and the Muslim authorities (sulṭān). Needs further examination
T-S NS 264.87
Small and damaged fragment from a letter informing on the arrival of Yefet Halevi. AA
T-S NS 264.88
Fragment of a legal deed, probably regarding partnership between Yosef and Ya'aqov. AA