Letter from Abraham b. Šabbetay of Minyat Zifta, Egypt, to various congregations, including Bilbays and Benhā, concerning the preparation of cheese for Passover.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 19 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Letter from Abraham b. Šabbetay, judge of Minyat Zifta, to Abū Isḥāq ha-Kohen b. Samuel. It’s a personal letter that discusses various bits of news, including an annoying house guest is an inveterate gambler. It mentions a number of people, including Abū l-Faraj, Abū l-Ḵayr, Abraham Ibn al-Azhar and his son Ibrahim the cantor.Layout: 20 lines + marginalia (recto); 16 lines + marginalia (verso)
Recto: end of a piyyuṭ, acrostic שמ]ריה], and a poem for Purim by Abraham ibn Ezra, יום בהמן אף אל חרה ליהודים היתה אורה. Verso: piyyuṭ for Simḥat Tora,בקרוב עת אומן להסיעו מנשיה, and a second entitled בסיטה, beginning כל אשר חי ימות.Condition: stained, rubbedLayout: 16 lines (recto); 17 lines (verso)
From a collection of poetic works by Abraham ibn Ezra, including a mi kamoḵa אל בפלא אשורנו בלבי, with a rubric ולה גירה and numbered 110, and an epistle written to Samuel b. Jāmiʿ, which is numbered 115 in the margin.Condition: Holes, rubbedLayout: P2: 18.3 x 13.2; 21 lines
Piyyuṭim: (a) ממכון שבתך עניני יה בערכי לך עתירה, with the acrostic משה בר [...], headed בשמך רחמ; (b) אם תאהב דרך אמת ללמוד by Abraham ibn Ezra; (c) ארץ מה לך עוד נבוכה by Abraham ibn Ezra; (d) שני זיתים נכרתים by Solomon ibn Gabirol.Condition: torn, stainedLayout: 10–17 lines
Letter from Abū Manṣūr b. Abū Saʿd to Abraham, sent to the Palestinian synagogue in Fusṭāṭ. Mentions, among others, Joseph b. Abū ʿImrān, Ezekiel the judge and Sitt Rayḥān.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 20 lines (recto); 2 lines (verso)
Recto: letter from Abū Maymūn Yaʿqūb in Jerusalem to his son Abū ʿImrān in Fusṭāṭ, describing how he is bedridden after the death of another son and how he wishes to see him before his death. Verso: Arabic address to Abū ʿImrān.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 19 lines (recto); 2 lines (verso)
Note to the teacher Nāsir, mentioning a certain Ibn [ʿAbd] al-Raḥmān and lists a number of goods in pounds (raṭl). Possibly sent by Abū Mūsā.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 16 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Additional leaf of a letter, probably from Abū Naṣr b. Abraham of Alexandria, concerned with business matters and Sukkot greetings.Condition: holesLayout: 30 lines + marginalia (recto; verso is blank)