Type: Text:Manuscripts / Data provider: University of Pennsylvania Libraries - Digital Library of the Middle East

1. Incomplete text on letter magic.

Date:: 17th or 18th century?
Language:: Arabic
Extent:: 12-13 lines; border-ruled.

2. Mishnah, Nedarim 9:10-Nazir 3:2

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 28 (partially extant).

3. Qurʼān folio.

Date:: 8--?-10--?
Language:: Arabic
Extent:: 16 long lines.

4. Ḳetubah

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1 1; lines: 7 (recto); 17 (verso); ruling method: recto (original document), drypoint, stylus lines visible, large margin on interior side; verso, secondary inscription fills fragment widthwise, lines poorly ruled.

5. Collected liturgical poems in honor of the bridegroom

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 19.

6. Deuteronomy 7:17-9:16

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 2; lines: 29; ruling method: left rule occasionally justified with semi-clefs.

7. Early midrash on Genesis 40:18-41:3; 46:28-47:1

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 31 (1r), 30 (1v), 31 (2r), 32 (2v).

8. Excerpts from a version of Soferim. Judeo-Arabic essay on Biblical prophecies

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 13 (Halper 136, 1r-2r);lines: 12 (Halper 136, 2v); lines: 11-14 (Halper 137).

9. Excerpts from a version of Soferim. Judeo-Arabic essay on Biblical prophecies

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 13 (Halper 136, 1r-2r);lines: 12 (Halper 136, 2v); lines: 11-14 (Halper 137).

10. Gaonic responsum on the sale of preserves with leaven contents after Passover

Creator:: Ḥai ben Sherira,
Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 11 extant (recto); ruling method: broad spaces between lines as found in some antique copies of Gaonic responsa (e. g. Oxford Bodleian Heb. ben 10 fols. 79-82, Cowely 2833, 43).
13 X 22.5 cm

11. Genesis 10:14-12:15, with Masorah magna and parva

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 2; lines: 17; ruling method: left rule occasionally justified by stretching last character.

12. Genesis 27:7-30:16, with Masorah magna and parva

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 3; lines: 12, 13, 16 (1r); 17, 13, 11 (1v); 17, 17, 15 (2r); 15, 17, 16 (2v); (of 26?).

13. Haggadah for Passover, probably belonging to a Palestinian rite ; Haftorah blessings ; Birkat ha-mazon

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 10-15; ruling method: left margin occasionally justified by stretching last character.
13 X 15.5 cm

14. Hilkhot Reʾu, Ḳidushin

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 29 extant (of [36?]).

15. Judeo-Arabic essay on biblical homonyms

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 28; ruling method: unruled; left rule is justified by a graphic filler; copied with thick dull reed, utilizing entire surface of parchment, no margins or interlinear space.

16. Judeo-Arabic translation of Genesis 24:58-25:17

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 79; ruling method: writing accommodates uneven cut of parchment.
15 X 12.4 cm

17. Judeo-Arabic translation of Genesis 24:58-25:17

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient

18. Karaite essay on prayer

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 21 (recto), 23 (verso).

19. Karaite prayer-book

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 20.
20.4 X 15.3 cm

20. Leaf from the Qurʼān

Date:: 9--?
Language:: Arabic
Extent:: Written in 5 long lines.

21. Letter to the three sons of Suleiman ben 'Ali, Fustat

Creator:: Saʿadia ben Joseph, 882-942 سعيد بن يوسف الفيومى، 882-942 סעדיה בן יוסף, אלפיומי, 882-942 Саадия Бен Йосеф, Гаон, 882-942 Saadiah ben Yosef, 0882-0942, Gaon Saadia Gaon, 882-942 Seʿadyah Gaʾon 882-942 Saadiah ben Yosef gaon 0882-0942 Saadiah ben Yosef (882-942). SaÐadia ben Yosef سعيد الفيومي Sa'adia ben Joseph Seadya ben Yosef, Gaon Saʻadia ben Joseph, rabīns, 882-942 Sa'adja ben Josef, 882-942 الفيومي، أبو سعيد، 882-942 Saʻadiyya ben Yosef Саадия Гаон 882-942 Саадия
Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 16-17.
14.2 X 9 [10.2 X 6.5] cm

22. Liturgy for Yom Kippur

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 22-24.

23. Midrash on Psalm 62

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 30 (recto), 32 (verso).

24. Midrash rabbah, Leviticus 25:2-26:3

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 31.

25. Philological essay

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 27-30.

26. Sefer ha-galui, introduction

Creator:: Saʿadia ben Joseph, 882-942 سعيد بن يوسف الفيومى، 882-942 סעדיה בן יוסף, אלפיומי, 882-942 Саадия Бен Йосеф, Гаон, 882-942 Saadiah ben Yosef, 0882-0942, Gaon Saadia Gaon, 882-942 Seʿadyah Gaʾon 882-942 Saadiah ben Yosef gaon 0882-0942 Saadiah ben Yosef (882-942). SaÐadia ben Yosef سعيد الفيومي Sa'adia ben Joseph Seadya ben Yosef, Gaon Saʻadia ben Joseph, rabīns, 882-942 Sa'adja ben Josef, 882-942 الفيومي، أبو سعيد، 882-942 Saʻadiyya ben Yosef Саадия Гаон 882-942 Саадия
Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 18.

27. Ḳerovot for Shemonah ʹeśreh

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 16-17.

28. Ḳerovot for Shemonah ʹeśreh

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 16-17.

29. Ḳerovot for Shemonah ʹeśreh

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 16-17.

30. al-Mazāmīr al-muqaddasah.

Date:: 916 or 917
Language:: Arabic
Geographic region:: Levant
Extent:: Written in 20 long lines.

31. Muṣḥaf jalīl fīhi ....

Creator:: Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai)
Date:: 950?
Language:: Arabic
Geographic region:: Sinai, Egypt
Extent:: Written in 15-17 long lines.

32. Letter

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 22.
27.9 X 18.5 cm

33. 1st Kings 1:29-2:13; 1st Kings 7:24-8:10, with Masorah parva (partial)

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 3; lines: 25-27.

34. 2nd Kings 23:3-24:3, with Masorah magna and parva (partial)

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 3; lines: 18 (extant).

35. Account note page

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Egypt?
Extent:: Columns: 2; lines:.
8.2 X 13.8 cm

36. Al-maqāl al-awwal min fuṣūl Abūqrāṭ al-ḥakim

Creator:: Hippocrates.
Language:: Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: 13 (verso).
19 X 14 cm

37. Anti-Christian polemical treatise

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 21; ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character.
19.3 X 14 cm

38. Arabic inscription

Language:: Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient

39. Arabic inscription

Language:: Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: recto 12, verso 5; ruling method: scattered, uneven lines.

40. Arabic inscription

Language:: Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 2,; lines: 5-7 per column; ruling method: vertical fold, pen.
17.8 X 15.2 cm

41. Arabic inscription

Language:: Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 2,; lines: 5-7 per column
17.8 X 15.2 cm

42. Arabic inscription

Language:: Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: 10.7 X 7 cm

43. Azharah, strophes 15-19

Creator:: Ibn Ghiyyat, Isaac, 1038-1089 אבן גיאת, יצחק בן יהודה, 1038-1089 Ibn Ghayyat, Yizhaq ben Yehuda 1038-1089 Ibn Giat, Isaac, 1038-1089 Ibn Ġiyāṯ, Isḥāq b. Yahūda Ibn-Gayât, Yiṣḥāq Ben-Yehûdā 1038-1089 Isaac ibn Ghiyyat Yishaq Ibn Gayyat de Lucena
Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 23 (recto).
27.3 X 18.5 cm

44. Baḳashah

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 12-14 (fols. 1-2, Halper 326); 14 (fol.3, Halper 327); ruling method: "poorly ruled"; left rule justified by downward slanting of exceeding word, or by cramping it between lines, or stretching last character.
19 X 13.8 cm

45. Baḳashah

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 12-14 (fols. 1-2, Halper 326); 14 (fol.3, Halper 327); ruling method: "poorly ruled"; left rule justified by downward slanting of exceeding word, or by cramping it between lines, or stretching last character.
19 X 13.8 cm

46. Book of precepts, vol. 3

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 23-27.
17.6 X 13.5 cm

47. Booksellers account

Creator:: Aḥa,680-752.
Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 19 (recto); ruling method: uneven lines.
27.9 X 10.1 cm

48. Business letter

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 11 (recto), 10 (verso); ruling method: in mail format.
17.7 X 8.8 cm

49. Classified List of remedies

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 22(?).
16.4 X 12.4 cm

50. Classified list of angels' names

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 14; ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character.

51. Classified lists of responsa

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 23 extant (Halper 160), 15 extant (Halper 161).
22.8 X 13 cm (Halper 160, pieced together), 12.9 X 13.2 cm (Halper 161)

52. Classified lists of responsa

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 23 extant (Halper 160), 15 extant (Halper 161).
22.8 X 13 cm (Halper 160, pieced together), 12.9 X 13.2 cm (Halper 161)

53. Collected classic wise sayings

Language:: Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: 17.
17.8 X 12.5 cm

54. Collected liturgical poems

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 11 (verso).
11.5 X 11.7 cm

55. Collected liturgical poems

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 12 (recto) 15 (verso); ruling method: left rule occasionally justified by stretching last character.
12.4 X 9.9 cm

56. Collected liturgical poems

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 17-18; ruling method: various degrees of cursivety, size and line structure.
16.4 X 12.7 cm

57. Collected liturgical poems

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 10-15.
13.7 X 9.8 cm

58. Collected liturgical poems for mourners

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 21-22; ruling method: writing on fol. 2 accomodates uneven cut.

59. Collected poems

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 17 (recto) 18 (verso).
16.4 X 12.7 cm

60. Collected poems

Creator:: Yěhūdah, ha-Levī, ca.1085-1141 Yehudah ha-Leṿi 1079-1140 Judah 1075?-1141 ha-Levi Jehuda ha-Levi, ca 1075-1141 יהודה הלוי Haleṿi, Yehudah Judah, ha-Levi, 1075?-1141 Jehuda Halevi, u.1075-1141. Judah ha-Levi ок.1075-1141 גורדון, יקותיאל בן יהודה ליב Gordon, Yeḳutiʼel ben Yehudah Leyb Yĕhūdāh ha-Lēwī Ha-Levi, Judah, ca 1075-1141 Juda Halevi Иегуда Галеви, u.1075-1141. Halevi, Jehudah
Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 18.
17.4 X 10.4 cm

61. Collection of recipes and prescriptions

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 8 (recto and verso), 6 (recto, in margin); ruling method: copied widthwise.

62. Commentary on Genesis 1:14-19

Creator:: Saʿadia ben Joseph, 882-942 سعيد بن يوسف الفيومى، 882-942 סעדיה בן יוסף, אלפיומי, 882-942 Саадия Бен Йосеф, Гаон, 882-942 Saadiah ben Yosef, 0882-0942, Gaon Saadia Gaon, 882-942 Seʿadyah Gaʾon 882-942 Saadiah ben Yosef gaon 0882-0942 Saadiah ben Yosef (882-942). SaÐadia ben Yosef سعيد الفيومي Sa'adia ben Joseph Seadya ben Yosef, Gaon Saʻadia ben Joseph, rabīns, 882-942 Sa'adja ben Josef, 882-942 الفيومي، أبو سعيد، 882-942 Saʻadiyya ben Yosef Саадия Гаон 882-942 Саадия
Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 27 partially extant.
19.7 X 14.9 cm

63. Commentary on Genesis 31:50-32:2

Creator:: Samuel ben Hophni, d. 1013.
Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 20-21; ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character.
15.2 X 17.8 cm

64. Court document

Language:: Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: 28.

65. Deuteronomy 5:1-14

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 14.

66. Dirge for the Ninth of Av

Creator:: Kanzi, Yitsḥaḳ
Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: 19.
27.9 X 22.2 cm

67. Dirges for the Ninth of Av

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns:1; lines: 21.
20 X 14.6 cm

68. Essay on Psalms 8:1-3

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 17-18.
17.8 X 12.5 cm

69. Esther 2:13-16

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: 6 extant [of 9?].

70. Ethical essay

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 12 (recto), 13 (verso).
16.4 X 13 cm

71. Ethical poem, Ashre adam, matsa ḥokhmah

Creator:: Elhanan ben Shemariah,d. 1026
Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: [39] (recto); 21 (verso); ruling method: left rule is justified by stretching [r] of rhyme.

72. Formulary for a bill of divorce

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 8-9; ruling method: left rule justified by a single character of anticipated word.
12.9 X 8.8 cm

73. Formulary of bills

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 2; lines: 29, 6 (recto), 33, 7; ruling method: folded lengthwise and widthwise into four equal quarters.
21.9 X 15.2 cm

74. Gaonic Talmud digest, Shabat 62a-66b; 73a-74b

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 26-29.

75. Gaonic Talmud digest, Shabbat (74b-75b)

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 29 (recto), 28 (verso); ruling method: left rule occasionally justified by stretching last character.

76. Gaonic gloss on Ḥagigah 21b-22a

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 19 (recto), 20 (verso).

77. Gaonic responsa in Judeo-Arabic

Creator:: Ḥefeẓ ben Yaẓliʾaḥ, 10th cent.
Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 19.
17.6 X 13.5 cm

78. Genesis 6:5-7:3, with Masorah magna and parva

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 2; lines: 17.

79. Genesis 37:9-35; Genesis 41:24-50

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Sefarad
Extent:: Columns: 2; lines: 22; ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character.

80. Greeting note

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: 6 partially extant (recto).
11.4 X 6.6 cm

81. Haftarah for the first day of Passover, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

Language:: Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 21 (recto: heading + 19; lines); ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character or with filler symbol.

82. Haftarot for Minḥah of Yom Kippur, First day of Sukkoth, with Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: 32; ruling method: left margin is justified by stretching the last character.
29.5 X 18.9 cm

83. Haggadah, end portion, Erets-Yiśraʾel rite

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: (recto), (verso).

84. Hebrew-Judeo-Arabic glossary of 1st Kings 5:3-7:29

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 2; lines: 16.

85. Horoscope

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: 22 (23?).

86. Instructions for amulets

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 23.
24.8 X 16.8 cm

87. Invenvtory list

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 2; lines: 17 (recto, right col.), 12 (recto, left col.).
25.7 X 18.6 cm

88. Isaiah 15:1-28:4, with Masorah magna and parva

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 3; lines: 24; ruling method: left rule filled by 2-3 hyphens.

89. Job 2:4-3:26; Job 7:8-8:21

Language:: Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: 21 (1 benedictional heading; 20 text)(recto), 6 (verso).

90. Job 2:4-3:26; Job 7:8-8:21

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient

91. Joshua 21:6-24:32

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 2; lines: 25.

92. Judeo-Arabic commentary on 1st Samuel, 25:30-27:10; 2nd Samuel 12:14-13:6

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 21.
15.2 X 17.8 cm

93. Judeo-Arabic commentary on Daniel 9-12 ; Judeo-Arabic essay on messianic eras

Language:: Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: ? (1r), 12 (1v), 33 (2r-v).

94. Judeo-Arabic commentary on Psalms 105:21-24; Psalms 106:1-3

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 27-28.

95. Judeo-Arabic glossary to the Mishnah

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 13 (recto), 14 (verso).

96. Judeo-Arabic lexicon of the Bible

Language:: Hebrew
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 17; ruling method: left rule justified a single broken character.
17.1 X 10.9 (15 X 8) cm

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