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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 |
Bodl. MS heb. d 66/26
Letter from Manṣūr b. Maḥfūẓ, in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿīd b. Berakhot al-Melammed, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1487 Seleucid, which is 1175/76 CE. The letter opens without about 30 lines of eloquent, often rhymed expressions of longing and good wishes. The substance of the letter begins with wa-ghayr dhālika at the bottom of recto. The sender asks for a copy of Seder Moʿed. And if the addressee sees the sender's cousin (ibn ʿamma), he should inform him that the sender is still owed 21 dirhams by the cousin's partner. The remainder of the letter consists of greetings to various people, including: Rabbenu Elʿazar; 'all the students/scholars' (talāmidha); 'the father, mother, and brother'; Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq; Abū l-Ḥasan; Abū Manṣūr; Yosef; Abū l-Maʿānī and his brother; Rabbi Nissim; Rabbi Daniel and his son; Abū l-Faraj al-Ṭabīb; Barakāt b. Rosh ha-Qahal; Avraham b. Abū Naṣr; Abū l-Faraj Hiba; al-Rayyis Abū l-Mufaḍḍal and his brothers. On verso there are also some sums in eastern Arabic numerals. ASE
Library: Bodl.
Type: Letter
