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Regular expressions
The Princeton Geniza Project database allows for search expressions containing certain 'regular expressions'. Regular expressions are codes that can be inserted in search queries to match patterns of text.
| ^string | Matches the text at the beginning of the string |
| string$ | Matches the text at the end of the string |
| . | Matches any single character (including special characters) |
| a* | Matches the sequence of zero or more of the specified character |
| a+ | Matches the sequence of one or more of the specified character |
| a? | Matches zero or one occurrence of the specified character |
| abc|def | Matches either one of the specified strings |
| [abc] | Matches any one of the specified characters |
Boolean Search
The Princeton Geniza Project database uses a boolean full-text search. This type of search allows users to combine keywords with operators to refine searches. Possible operators and examples of their use:
| מולאנא מולאי | Search for rows that contain either of two words by simply typing them consecutively. In this case, the search will find documents that contain either מולאי or מולאנא. |
| כתאבי +מולאי+ | Use a + sign before word to search for rows that contain all of them (in this case the words כתאבי and מולאי) |
| כתאבי AND מולאי כתאבי OR מולאי | The keyword AND indicates that both search terms must be present in the results. OR matches either search term. |
| כתאב –כתאבה | Use a - sign to exclude a term from your results (in this case, the search will include כתאב but exclude כתאבה) |
| *כתאב ?כתאב |
Use an asterisk or a question mark as a wildcard. An asterix matches any number of characters. A question mark matches any single character |
T-S AS 209.324
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with one line of the address on verso. Very fragmentary: "...and may he open his eyes... from the blindness... never before seen, from the... the greed and [...]... the bodies and the religions (?אלאבדאן ואלאדיאן)... from turning back (? radʿ) her slaves(?)... and if he makes an excuse (/gives promissory notes? fa-idhā iḥtajja bi-ḥujja)... and if not, leave him alone, and yours is... and act in accordance with your wisdom (cf. 1 Kings 2:6)... empty excuses/promissory notes... I have requested (? אלתמת for אלתמסת, probably) of you... do it, and the matter... with witnesses... with the impossible (bi-l-muḥāl)... your meeting with the elder...." On verso there is also another text in Judaeo-Arabic in different handwriting; too faded to read. The content is similar to the letters of Manṣūr b. Sālim, but the handwriting seems different (but even so there are some intriguing resemblances to Manṣūr's handwriting). ASE
Library: CUL
Type: Letter
