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Document in Arabic script. Small fragment. Looks official.

Accounts or shopping list in Judaeo-Arabic. "Green fūl" appears in the upper right.

Letter fragment in Arabic script. Needs examination.

Literary text in Ladino.

Accounts in Ladino, probably.

Literary text. Looks like Latin written in Hebrew script.

Literary text in Coptic. Probably biblical, but identification is not straightforward. ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ '(the) whole crowd'; ⲙⲛ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ 'and/with God'; ⲁϥⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛϭⲓ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ 'David said'; ⲛⲉⲕϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ 'thy wonders'; ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ '[said] to her that'; ⲛⲁⲗⲱⲟⲩⲉ 'grape-bunches'; ⲙⲙⲟⲥ. ϫⲉⲁϥⲉⲓ [?] ⲉⲓ͞ⲗⲏ͞ⲙ '[told] her that he had come [..] to Jerusalem'; [ⲁ]ⲗⲏⲩ ϩⲓϫⲛ ⲟⲩ[? 'having climbed onto a...'; ⲁⲩϫⲓ ⲛ-ⲛⲉⲛ-ⲃ 'they took our ⲃ...s.' Information kindly provided by Matthew Boutilier, Matthew Scarborough, and Doug Henning.

Business letter in Spanish. Mentions Samuel. Perhaps 16th or 17th century.

Letter of appeal for charity. Dating: Possibly 16th century.

Business letter from David b. Abi Zimra. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century. Needs furthe rexamination.

Autograph letter by Isaac Luria, sent either from Egypt or Safed (probably the latter), concerning various matters, but principally the payment of monies. Dated only according to the day of the week, Tuesday (יום ג׳), and the parasha (Genesis 35:11) (Information from CUDL)

Recto: business letter from Abraham Monsun to David, in Egypt (16th–17th century). Verso: calculations, probably accounts. (Information from CUDL)

Mysterious fragment. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 17th–19th century. Needs examination.

No image available. A letter to Menahem and Elazar Hakohen, 17th century. (FGP)

no image available. According to Mosseri Catalogue this MS contains 25 pages, in a late hand. Including formulas of legal deed according to the custom of Istanbul. AA

Letter, possibly. In Hebrew. Narrating a story.

Letter, possibly. Or literary work. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are interlinear corrections. Mentions Ismāʿīl and [...] b. She'elti'el. Also mentions al-Shām and Damascus and Yemen and heretical people (yastabshiʿū/lā yatbaʿū).

Ketubba fragment, with a lovely decoration in the header. The groom's father is named Shelomo. On verso there are magical remedies/incantations, including one against polyuria.

Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Ben[yamin] to a dignitary called "Nagid," [...] b. Yefet. In Hebrew and Aramaic(!). Only the first few lines on recto and the address on verso are preserved. (Information in part from CUDL, where it is suggested that the addressee is Mevorakh b. Seʿadya and Yefet might be a brother.)

Bill of divorce. Probably a draft: although it is signed, there are interlinear corrections for the date and for the husband's name, and there is no statement attesting that it was delivered. The description here is for the original text prior to the corrections. Location: Damascus. Dated: Wednesday, 7 Tammuz 5409 AM, which is 1649 CE. Husband: Shelomo aka Sulaymān b. Yaʿaqov Ḥabīb. Wife: Raḥel bt. Avraham/Ibrāhīm. Witnesses: Moshe b. Yosef(?); Ḥayyim b. Eliyya.