Geniza Lab

Liturgical, Documentary; main text concerns benedictions before and after eating; followed by several autograph notes of Maimonides; published (with translation) by Allony (שלוש הוראות אוטוגראפיות לרמב"ם). (data from FGP)

Minute fragment from a letter in Judeao Arabic

Fragment from a private letter, mostly contains regards to family member and to the addressee and his son.

Documentary; letter concerning communal affairs; mentions עבדאללה בן דוד הנגיד and Shmuel Minir. (Data from FGP)

Bi-folio that contains both literary text and a draft of a letter addressed to Sar Hasarim- the minister of all ministers- a title held by Mevorakh b. Saadya (1094-1125) and Sar Shalom Halevi (active 1170-1193). Few lines in Arabic needs further examination.

Probably a late business letter

Letter from R. Sherira to R. Yaʿaqov b. Nissim from Qayrawan.

recto: letter of Yeshuah b. Judah to Eli Ha-Kohen Rosh Kallah b. Yeshuah; verso: address of above, and poetic praises. (data from FGP)

letter to a R. Shabbetai, from R. Abraham from Narbona.

beginning of a proclamation of the Exilarch Daniel, mentioning the so-called Gaon Samuel b. Eli; written, according to Scheiber, by Joseph Rosh Ha-Seder (data from FGP)

Late letter of David Benjamin

Family Wednesday, 15th D{=}u{-} al-h{.}ijja - needs examination.

Letter of a woman, telling about her marital problems, written by Ḥalfon Ha-Levi b. Menashshe to the Gaon Masliah Ha-Kohen in Egypt. (Date: 1127-1138)

Fragment from a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon.

Letter from Shelomo b. David Solal (Salmūn b. Dāʾūd) addressed to a certain Avraham. In Hebrew, in a late hand (ca. 17th century?). The sender may be the same as the Shelomo Solal mentioned in T-S 10J16.30, which looks like it comes from approximately the same period. Shelomo signs at the bottom left of recto, and his name appears in both Arabic and Hebrew script in the stamped seal on verso (in addition to a few other phrases). Catalogued as a letter of recommendation on FGP, but in fact it seems to be an official letter concerning a legal case involving Shemuel מהנה(?) who went to Egypt and sued the late Elʿazar. Needs further examination for the details.

Letter to an Exilarch, concerning redemption of captives.

On verso a letter in late Hebrew, asking about the welfare of family members. The letter might been written by a wife or on her behalf. Addressed to Yosef (T-S NS 176.37 verso)

A faded letter in a late, cursive Spanish hand

recto: possibly from a preface of a letter; most of the space is devoted to a section in elevated Hebrew prose; verso: accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

part of a letter, most probably to an Exilarch (info from FGP)