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Tag: booklist
63 records found
Recto: Praises for the King Don Pedro, in Hebrew, followed by some Hebrew poetry. Verso: Two lines of accounts, possibly, followed by three lines in a mysterious language in Hebrew script (Turkish?), followed by a book list in Hebrew in a different hand. One of the books is the kabbalistic Maʿarekhet ha-Elohut with a commentary. The hands on this fragment look like roughly 15th or 16th century Sephardi hands. Needs further examination.
Booklist (business accounts). In Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Probably written by Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. Mentions some volumes of the Talmud.
Recto and top half of verso: an Aramaic Ahava piyyuṭ for the feast of Šavuʿot. Verso: a list of halakhic books in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning the Mišna, Halaḵot by Isaac al-Fāsī, Talmud (Yevamot), a halaḵic midraš on Parašat Tazriaʿ (Leviticus 12:1-13:59) and books by Hai Gaʾon and Samuel b. Ḥofni Gaʾon. (Information from CUDL.)
Fol. 1v: Booklist mentioning a Torah and a Targum, sheʾiltot of R. Aḥa, responsa and treatises by Hayya Gaʾon, a Bible commentary by Ibn Sarjado, talmudic tractates, works by Saʿadya Gaʾon and others. Note that the date 1024 CE is for the text on recto, not for this booklist. However, the booklist is unlikely to be much later, since the latest author mentioned is Shemuel b. Ḥofni (d. 1013). Fols. 1r and 2r: a discussion of the rules pertaining to בגדכפת and אויה, probably from a version of Hidāyat al-Qārī. The preserved text is on the rule אתי מרחיק and the vocalisation of the word בן. According to the colophon on P1 recto, the copying was finished on Sunday, 13 Sivan 1335 of the Seleucid Era (= 1024 CE). (Information from CUDL and Allony.)
A list of at least 42 books of poetry, all called Dīwān or prefaced "min shiʿr [X]." In Arabic script. Poets named include: Ṭarafa, ʿAntara, al-Farazdaq, al-Shammākh, al-Quṭāmī, Abū Nuwās, Ibn al-Rūmī, Kushājim, Ṭāhir al-Ḥaddād. Underneath most entries it says جز واحد (one volume); some, such as the Dīwān of Ibn al-Khāzin al-Kātib, are labeled as two volumes (جزان). (Reading kindly provided by Boris Liebrenz.) (Information from Goitein's index card and Med Soc V, pp. 425, 627 note 51.)
Verso: Book list. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder. Mentions numerous religious books; a commentary of Galen on Hippocrates; at least two masṭaras (ruling boards), and many more items.
Book list. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Many or all of the items are attributed to Yosef Rosh Yeshivat Ge'on Yaʿaqov b. Yaʿaqov Rosh Bei Rabanan.
Book list in Judaeo-Arabic.
Book list in Judaeo-Arabic. Very extensive (3 bifolia).
Book list in Judaeo-Arabic. Very extensive (69 lines). Gives headers for the books' location on the shelves as well as their names.
Popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. A story about a king, a crown, drinking wine, and Hind bt. al-Muhallab. This is followed by a brief book list, starting with Kitāb ʿIlm al-Nafs.
Book list in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (dates: 1100–38). T-S NS 190.1 mentions: וטריפות וניקוי... לרבנו סעדיה זל... דרג לבני פאס יג . . . כאגד. Maybe a work on slaughter by Saadya, a rotulus (? daraj), and [a book written on] paper (kāghad). T-S NS 190.2 mentions several more works on paper, one book whose title includes al-Alfāẓ, and one "in his handwriting." There are probably more fragments of this list to be found in the Geniza.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Listing several books.
Book list in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. See T-S K3.41 for a similar booklist in his hand (possibly but not clearly a join).
Book list. In Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: Probably 13th century. "The number of books of the shaykh [...]. The first: 15. The second: 14. Their details: The Commentary on the Mishna: 5. The Guide (Dallāla): [...]. Commentary on Nidda: [...]. Zād al-Mus[āfir]: [...]. " This fragment was not included in Allony's book. ASE
Inventory of a private library. 65 books are listed; most are bible and commentaries. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century, as the latest work mentioned is Kitāb al-Muḥāḍara by Moshe Ibn ʿEzra (d. 1138 or 1139). (Information from Allony.) See also Goitein's index card.
Fragment of a book list written on parchment, mostly contains Talmud commentaries. AA
Accounts of a bookseller or copyist. Mentions names such as Abū l-Khayr b. Tammām and Yosef al-Ḥazzan. Most of the books seem to be religious in nature. One of the entries mentions "a period of two years, from Sivan [4]813 to Sivan [4]815." So presumably these accounts date to shortly before Sivan 4813 AM, which is 1053 CE.
Record of the auction of the library of the late al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Abū Saʿd al-Ṭabīb. The proceeds are at least in part for the widow. Dated: Tuesday, 13 Kislev 1502 Seleucid, which is 1190/91 CE. This is is a large and tremendously learned library, mostly of medical books, but there are also scattered titles pertaining to bibliography, philosophy, logic, geomancy, and other matters.
Inventory of the books of a certain Abū Ghālib. In a combination of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century, since none of the books listed are later than that.
