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Tag: poem
43 records found
Poem by Yosef Abitur, sent to the community of Andalusia from the place of his exile.
Poem for a groom.
Two poems.
Two poems, celebrating a circumcision.
End of two poems, praising and praying to the Lord; poem for a fiancee.
A lament.
Panegyric in Honor of Madmun II Cairo, after 1186.
Panegyric in Honor of Madmun II Cairo, after 1186.
Dirge (seliḥa) written by Efrayim b. Shemarya after the death of the gaʾon Shelomo b. Yehuda, May 1051.
Colophon or ownership note on a book cover. 'This booklet belongs to Yiṣḥaq b. Ghālib ha-Ḥazzan (the cantor).' Dating: first half of the 12th century, assuming this is the same Yiṣḥaq b. Ghālib who signed documents by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (e.g., Bodl. MS heb. b 11/31). On the other side, a dirge in Judaeo-Arabic.
Three poems by Avraham Ibn Yiju in honor of Madmun b. Ḥasan, Aden, ca. 1140, who was expecting his third son.
Letter in Hebrew (possibly the upper part). Many lines of poetic-sounding Hebrew, then homage to a woman starting 6 lines from the bottom, then "our righteous master" starting 3 lines from the bottom, then it is torn off. Verso continues in the same vein as the beginning of recto. ASE.
Letter to Shemuel ha-Hazzan with a long Hebrew poem and a few lines of Judaeo-Arabic containing a request for the Kitab al-Ansara by Ibn Ghiyath. (Information from Goitein's index cards and CUDL)
Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef Yerushalmi to Abu al-Mansur Elazar the scribe from whom the writer asks a favor. The letter opens with six lines of Hebrew poetry and also has four lines of poetry in the body of the text (lines 13-16) which is mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Responsum by Yosef Tawazi concerning religion and marriage
Letter, apparently written by ʿEli he-Ḥaver b. ʿAmram, introduced with two poems in honour of Elḥanan b. Shemarya, and mentioning Joseph b. Abraham. (Information from CUDL) Four pages of a letter (a, b, c, d) beginning with verses in Hebrew and expressing admiration and congratulations. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Recto: Poem. Long Hebrew poem, congratulating Shelomo on being elevated, like a second Yosef, from prison to the rank of the "Deputy of the king" and "scribe" (משנה וסופר). He used his position to feed the poor and to do other works of mercy. Verso: Bible translation of Proverbs 1:4-7. (Information from S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2:353, 604, and CUDL) VMR
Panegyric (madḥ) in the hand of Sahlān b. Avraham. Addressed to Abū Saʿīd al-Dā'ūdī (a Nasi). In Hebrew with the heading in Arabic script. Calligraphic. Dated: Iyyar 1357 Seleucid, which is 1046 CE. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index cards, where the panegyric is called "rather lame")
Poem of praise for a scholar visiting Alexandria, and for an Avraham, possibly the scholar himself. Written by his brother, Hananel. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Small fragment of a poem praising a man named Avraham, who taught his children religious virtues and showed them the right way. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
