1. Account book

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Yemen

Extent:

Columns: 1.
21.9 X 7.9 cm

2. Account note page of an India trader

Creator:

Ben Yijû, Abraham, active 12th century

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Geographic region:

Fustat

Extent:

Columns: 2 (recto), 1 (verso); lines:.
21.2 X 20.3 cm

3. Astrological and magical treatises.

Creator:

Abū Maʻshar, -886

Language:

Arabic

Extent:

Written in 27 lines per page in red and black ink; text area border-ruled in black ink with double bounding lines. Pages 2-6 in double columns (56 mm. in width) separated by a single vertical rule in black ink. Numerous tables and diagrams.

4. Aḥmad ʻAlī Khān Bahādur wedding invitation

Creator:

Bahādur, Aḥmad ʻAlī Khān, 1787-1840
Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund

Language:

Persian

5. Bill of sale

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Cairo

Extent:

Lines: 15; plus signatures; ruling method: folded widthwise into two equal halves.
15.2 X 11.7 cm

6. Business Letter to 'Arus ben Yosef, Fustat

Creator:

Nisim ben Benaya, 11th/12th cent.

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Geographic region:

Alexandria

Extent:

Lines: 17 horizontal, 12 diagonal (recto); ruling method: in mail format.
24.1 X 11 cm

7. Business letter to (Yaḥiye) Nahray ben Nissim

Creator:

Mardukh ben Musi.1025-1097

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Geographic region:

Alexandria

Extent:

Columns: 1; lines: 18, 15 marginal diagonal (recto); 5, plus 2 address (verso); ruling method: in mail format.
14 X 18.4 cm

8. Business letter to Nahrai ben Nissim

Creator:

Mardukh ben Musi.1025-1097

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

Columns: 1; lines: 15 (recto), 7 (verso); ruling method: in mail format.
13.5 X 17 cm

9. Calendar of significant days and New Moons, (Seleucid) 1429

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

Columns: 1; lines: 13 extant (recto).

10. Court document

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Geographic region:

Fustat

Extent:

Columns: 1; lines: 26 (25 text, 1 signature) (recto); ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character.

11. Court document

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Fustat

Extent:

Lines: 14 extant (recto); ruling method: only left rule is extant; justified by stretching last character.

12. Court document

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Cairo

Extent:

Lines: 17; lines, plus signatures (recto); ruling method: folded widthwise into two equal halves; left rule justified by downward slanting of exceeding word, stretching last character, plus a line; covers most of recto.
20.6 X 15.2 cm