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Jottings in Hebrew script and Arabic script, perhaps including some accounts.
Commentary on the Mishna. Maimonides autograph.
Mishneh Torah. Maimonides autograph. There are joins: see FGP.
Guide for the Perplexed. Maimonides autograph.
Botanical work in the handwriting of Maimonides. See partial transcription and translation in Friedman, Dictionary, p. 563.
A circular of Maimonides on the ransoming of captives. Dated: Summer (Tammuz) 1169 CE. With Maimonides' signature.
Maimonides, responsa
Maimonides, responsa
List of responsa in Judaeo-Arabic (FGP)
Needs examination (ASE).
Needs examination (ASE).
Letter in Ladino from Shemuel Sidi to Gabriel Conforte (17th century). ASE.
Needs examination (ASE).
Authorization of takanot from the Mustarab community in Egypt from 1595
Sums and jottings in Hebrew. Accounts? Calendrical? Dated: 5463 AM, which is 1702/03 CE. On verso there are various tables filled in with Hebrew numbers, presumably for divination.
Birth record? In Hebrew. Dated: Sivan 5324 AM, which is 1564 CE.
Court record. In Hebrew. Location: Crete (Candia). Dated: Monday, 1 Tevet 5275 AM, which is 1514/15 CE. Certifying that the bearer of this document, Ahmet b. Umar (אחמט בן אומר), purchased two barrels of kosher wine and 32 wheels(?) of cheese, and that any Jew may purchase and eat these items.
Letter (emissary letter) issued by the sages of Saida (Sidon) in 1620 (FGP)
Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Elul 5372 AM, which is 1612 CE. Only the last two lines and the witness signatures are preserved. "We decree by the strength of נח״ש(?) that nobody except for the aforementioned scribes will. . . " On verso there is a halakhic text in Hebrew.
Legal document. Location: Cairo. Date: Tuesday, 12 Sivan 1814 Seleucid, which is 1503 CE. Under the reshut of the Nagid Yiṣḥaq (Sholal). Likely a release between two parties. Not included in the settlement are 4 dirhams and two qirats of pearls. But the coral and carnelian and syrups will go entirely to one of the partners. Witnesses: ʿOvadya [...]; Shelomo b. Binyamin.