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Letter from the members of the Jerusalem academy to Yiṣḥaq Sholal (d. 1524). (Information from Avraham David via FGP.)

Legal fragment in Hebrew. Late. Needs examination.

Letter in Hebrew. Fragment: right side only. Dating: Likely 16th century. Involves trade in barrels of wine (ḥaviyot and "barilas").

Letter to Meshullam b. Elazar. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. It seems to consist solely of flattering greetings. Dating: Probably late.

Legal document from Fustat/Cairo, from the first decade of the 19th century (Heshvan 556[.]), in which Me'ir Ṣabiṣo (?) and his partner Raḥamim Ḥamīs acknowledge an investmnet of 250 reales from Rinah (?) bt. Ḥayyim Shalom. There are some accounts on verso.

A note in Hebrew in a late hand, "The sum of what this book cost, the writing and the paper and the binding. . ."

Business letter to Yiṣḥaq Ashkenazi (Avraham David does not think it is Luria).

There are 32 folios sharing this shelfmark. See individual PGPIDs for more information. Most of it consists of a notebook, probably belonging to a Byzantine merchant, filled with records of various transactions. The language is primarily Hebrew but the months are Julian (אפריל ,דסמבר etc.). Many business partners are named, at least some of whom have Greek names (e.g. Manolis on folio 5). There is a calendar for the year 1430/31 CE (folio 26), written in an interesting ink that has faded to pale silver; the page now looks blank at a glance, but much of the text is legible. There are accounts (folios 1 and 15) with a Hebrew grammatical structure (X של Y) but in which nearly all of the nouns are in a different language, presumably Greek in Hebrew characters, but needs examination by an expert. There are several letters, including folios 2, 9, 11, 16, 17, 21, and 23. The letter on folio 11 is a join with DK 371. The letters on folios 16 and 23 are both addressed to an Avraham b. Yosef ha-Levi. The former at least is signed by a Shabbetay who also gives the name of his city (קרישטו = Karystos, probably). Shabbetay says that he does not spend much time in אגריפון (Negroponte/Chalcis, the capital of Euboea). Another letter (folio 17) mentions "קדיאה," probably =קנדיאה, which would be Crete. Underneath the letter on folio 2 are two lines of Greek in Greek characters.This page, incidentally, is a palimpsest, with a Hebrew-looking subtext. Folio 29 may contain very faded Greek text (in Greek characters) as well. Additionally, there are leaves from the Talmud apparently in a 14th-century Byzantine hand (e.g. folios 6 and 32) and leaves from a book of seliḥot (e.g. folio 31). Information partly from FGP. Merits deeper examination. ASE

Condolence and business letter to the brothers Eliyyahu and Leon.

Letter in Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 16th century. Conveying regulations for merchants (?תקנת סוחרים) in the name of the heads of the congregation. On verso, a validation from a higher authority (with a seal imprint). Signed by Efrayim(?) b. [...]. Needs further examination. Information in part from FGP.

Two responsa by Jacob ben Moshe Beyrav (Constanrinople). Publidhed Glick, Seridei Teshuvot, p. 3-31

Late letter in Hebrew to Abram Segre. The address is found in the next shelfmark. Needs examination.

Two responsa: 1. Regarding a liturgy in shemini azereth. 2. Regarding a person who bought a stolen book, and the person whom the book was stole from demand him to return it. Published by Glick, Seridei Teshuvot, pp. 370-399.

A legal query regarding a man who stole from a gentile, if he entitled to return it. Published by Glick, Seridey Teshuvot, pp. 538-555. AA

Responsa by Ribash, no. 202-203.

Responsa. Avkat Rochel no. 2-4. Published by Glick, Seridey Teshuvot, pp. 32-47. AA

Responsa by RADBAZ, II, no. 839: 1. Resurrections of the dead 2. Regarding a Rabbi who excommunicated his student. Published by Glick, Sridei Teshuvot, 243-256

Business letter in Hebrew. Mentions bandits (lisṭim). Dating: Late, perhaps 15th or 16th century. Needs examination

Recto: Either the beginning of a letter or the address of a letter for Shelomo Gabbay in Safed. There is also a list of names. Verso: Accounts in western Arabic numerals.

Responsum by RADBAZ concerning immersion of women in the Nile. Published Glick, Sridei Teshuvot, p. 275-289. See also TS K25.222.