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Fragment of an illuminated late marriage document.

Record of a legal case between Avraham b. Ḥayyim and Avraham Abū l-Khayr. See Avraham David's transcription and notes on FGP for identifications and related documents. There is also a join by Dr. Ezra Chwat, but the shelfmark of the join does not appear to be listed on FGP.

Fragment of a legal document.

Fragment of a legal document in Hebrew. Mentions a ketubba and an inheritance.

Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic, tiny fragment, perhaps marriage-related ("the conditions. . . her property. . . every Friday. . .").

Small fragment from the bottom of a late legal document. The name Gedalya Ṣarfatī appears in the margin.

Responsa. One query on the Meaning of the words תשבץ and שש. The answer did not survived. On recto a discussion on the difference between animals that can not be sacrificing and man, that can repent his sins (from FGP). Hebrew. AA

Recto: Probably a legal query. Verso: The responsum? A discussion based on rabbinic literature. Damaged

Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Fragment of a legal document having to do with a house, described in detail. Mentions Sitt al-Ḥasan.

Late partnership agreement between Khalīfa [...], Faraj Zanzūrī (?), Yiṣḥaq Zanzūrī (?), Avraham Pinto, and Barukh [...]. The partnership is to last for 3 years. The currencies named are muayyadis and reales.

A three line fragment of a draft of a legal testimony. The other side of the page contains a fragment of what is probably a different case written in the same hand (for example, notice the BH combination in the first line in this document and in line 4 on the other side).

Legal testimony from the year 1225 (1536 in the Seleucid calendar) written under the auspices of Avraham Maimonides (1186-1237). A certain 'daughter of Abu al-Surur' is mentioned. The other side of the page contains a fragment of a legal testimony by the same hand, but probably a part of a different case. In line 6 the scribe clearly intended to have 'the banner of the rabbis' but the last letter in 'the rabbis' is omitted.

Late betrothal document between Esther [...] bt. Se. Yaʿaqov ʿAdda and Se. Yosef פיחה (?), listing conditions. The word "contante" appears (Italian for "cash"?).

Fragment of a marriage-related document. In Judaeo-Arabic. These are the scribe's notes for drawing up a proper document, containing the details of the early and delayed marriage payments and the agreement on where the couple will live (Cairo and Fustat).

Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Official document in Arabic script. Certifying that the teacher Gedalya Eliyyahu the Jew will pay (or has paid?) the ground rent (ḥikr) of a certain qāʿa located in ḥārat al-yahūd located on darb al-qaraʾiyyīn for a period of two years, 1219–20 AH (=1804–06 CE) by the Hijri calendar, for a yearly rate of 615 (medins?), yielding a total of 1230, half of which is 615. Signed by the Ḥājj Aḥmad Luṭfī al-ʿAṭṭār in the right margin.

Fragment of a legal document mentioning Moshe ha-Levi.

Recto: Likely a fragment of a legal document in Hebrew, mentioning merchandise and the years 1700/1 and 1701/2 CE (5461 and 5462). Verso: Likely accounts.

Interesting late legal declaration signed by Nissim b. al-Ankari stating that in the assembly of the heads of the community, the slaughterer Yeruḥam swore not to encroach on the domain of the slaughterer Shabbetay, and in turn Shabbetay would give 3 parts of every 10 (of what?). If either of the slaughterers asks the other to substitute for him, the substitute is not to encroach or touch the share of the other. Information from Avraham David's transcription on FGP