Geniza Lab

Legal document, probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. (Information from CUDL)

Draft of the opening of a legal deed, contains the date: Friday, 3rd of Shevat 1600 (1289 CE). AA

Fragment from a bill of release. AA

Small and torn fragment probably from a ketubah, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi.

Minute fragment, extremely damaged. Only few words can be read מגלימא דעל כת[פיה] so this is probably a fragment from a ketubah. The shape of the letter א is very similar to the one we find in Yosef b. Shemuel Halevi's hand, so he might be the scribe. AA

Recto, and lower part of verso: Legal document in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya. Location: Fustat. Drawn up under the authority of the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi. Dating: No later than 1193 CE (the legal document came before the letter draft, since the letter draft is crammed into the remaining margins). Sitt al-Ḥusn bt. Abū l-Makārim al-Tājir al-Kohen known as Ibn Qasāsa, who is the widow of Ṣāʿid b. Abū Manṣūr, declares before the court that she had previously reached a settlement with her half-sister (from the same father) Sitt Khafar, the wife of Yehuda al-Ṣāʾigh al-Maghribī, regarding the inheritance of their brother (from the same father) Abū ʿAlī al-Kohen al-Ṭabīb al-Muwaffaq. Several lines are missing here, but it seems the settlement was for 3.25 dinars, and Sitt al-Ḥusn acknowledges receipt of the money from Sitt Khafar. She has also received an unspecified sum from Sitt al-Maʿālī, the widow of the deceased brother Abū ʿAlī. She releases Sitt Khafar and Sitt al-Maʿālī from all further claims. On verso there are two more drafts of legal documents in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya; these are damaged and difficult to read. The first involves a woman named Sitt al-Sāda and mentions "70 dirhams every week." The second involves a physician ('al-ṭabīb al-sadīd) Abū l-Faraj b. Moshe Ibn al-Kharrāz and perhaps a power of attorney. (Information in part from CUDL.) AA. ASE.

Recto: drafts of documents, written in a cramped style. Verso: lengthy legal document, written in Fusṭāṭ under the authority of Sar Shalom ha-Levi Gaʾon. Mentions Sitt al-Kafr, Sitt al-Ḥusn b. Abū l-Makārim al-Kohen the trader, known as Ibn Qasāsa, the widow of Ṣāʿid b. Abū Manṣūr, Sitt al-Maʿālī and Abū ʿAlī. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: lengthy legal document, written in Fusṭāṭ under the authority of Sar Shalom ha-Levi Gaʾon. Mentions Sitt al-Kafr, Sitt al-Ḥusn b. Abū l-Makārim al-Kohen the trader, known as Ibn Qasāsa, the widow of Ṣāʿid b. Abū Manṣūr, Sitt al-Maʿālī and Abū ʿAlī. Verso: drafts of documents, written in a cramped style. (Information from CUDL)

Court record. In Hebrew. Written and signed by Yeḥiel b. Elyaqim (active 1213–33). "When the orphan went out... the craftsmen will examine him... what is written in the document that... this teacher and the court... and we have recorded what was done... as explained above." (Information in part from Goitein's index card and Med Soc III, p. 303, note 118.)

Legal document. Small fragment. Location: Qūṣ. Signed by Makārim b. Yeshuʿ[a].

Legal document. Location: Fustat. Mentions a guardian (apotropos). Handwriting of Hillel b. Eli? Several names may be legible.

Legal document mentioning Abū Saʿd b. Ḥusayn Ibn al-Wuḥsha, [...] al-Ṣayrafī and [...] al-Ḥalabī. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document. Agreement between Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi and his partner Abū l-Faraj b. Abū l-Khayr. Location: probably Yemen. Dating: No later than Kislev 1442 Seleucid, which is November/December 1130 CE. Mentions ʿAydhāb. (Information from India Book; Hebrew description below) Probably Yemen; Before Kislev, 1442; November 4 - December 2, 1130

Legal document written in Fusṭāṭ, mentioning Nathaniel and the elder Abū [...]. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: halakhic query, probably addressed to a member of the Maimonides family. Verso: document containing many names such as Yiftaḥ, Isaac, Zechariah, Ḥalfon ha-Kohen and Elyaqim. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involves a monthly payment (likely installments toward payment of a debt) and a sum of 5.5 dinars. Someone named [...]n b. Avraham ha-Kohen is the agent of one of the parties. (Information in part from CUDL)

legal document, mentioning the elder Abū Isḥāq probably relates to marriage agreement. The monogamy clause is apparent. צIt is possible to assume that the bride was Karaite, based on the term ואנה לא יחללהא[ת ...] ט (AA)

Legal document. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document. Dated: Friday, 5 Shevat 5346 AM, which is 1586 CE. Avraham b. Seʿadya Sadīd the physician acknowledges that he owes Moshe Skandarī 136 Venetian ducats. See A. David's edition on FGP.

Legal document mentioning Abū l-Barakāt, Peraḥya b. Benjamin the elder, and the elder Abū Jacob. Probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. (Information from CUDL)