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1. 2nd Kings 5:8-13

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Sefarad
Extent:: Columns: 2; lines: 18 (1r right), 10 (1r left, 1v right).
15.5 X 10.3 cm

2. Account note page

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Business Letter to 'Arus ben Joseph, Fustat

Creator:: Yitsḥaḳ ben Aharon Sigilmasi
Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: 14 extant (recto); ruling method: in mail format.
12.4 X 11.4 cm

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Calendar of significant days and New Moons, (Hebrew) 4924

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 11-12.
14.1 X 9.9 cm

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

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 13 extant (recto).

13. Classified List of remedies

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

14. 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.

15. 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)

16. 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)

17. Collected liturgical poems

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 20-25 (hand 1, fols. 1-24, 30, 35-39); 16-18 (hand 2, fols. 25-27); 20-22 (hand 3, fols. 28-29); 16 (hand 4, fols. 31-34); ruling method: without margins (hand 1).
13.5 X 9.8 cm

18. Collected liturgical poems

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

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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

22. 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

23. Copy of a letter to Samuel ha-Nagid

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 17 (recto).
22.5 X 17.4 cm

24. Court document

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: (recto).
34.3 X 14.3 cm

25. 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.

26. Court document

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Lines: 16 extant (13 text, 2 signature, 1 postscript[?]) (recto); ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character.
28 X 26 cm

27. Court document

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Alexandria
Extent:: Lines: 29.
25.4 X 16.4 cmm

28. Court document

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 18 (recto), 16 (verso).
15.3 X 13 cm

29. Court document

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Lines: 18 (recto).
23 X 22 cm

30. Court document

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Lines: 18 (recto), 20 (verso).
17.4 X 16.4 cm

31. Court document

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 34 (recto), 11 (verso)
18.4 X 13.7 cm

32. Court document

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Lines: 19 partially extant (recto).

33. Court document

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Lines: 29 [26, plus 3 signatures] (recto); ruling method: left rule filled by stretching last character.
25.6 X 15 cm

34. Court document (draft)

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 25 extant.
19 X 12.9 cm

35. Court memo

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Lines: 13 (recto); ruling method: narrow lines fitting unevenly cut parchment.

36. Court record

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Fustat
Extent:: Lines: 27 extant (recto), 3 (verso).
26 X 18.1 cm

37. Essay on Psalms 8:1-3

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

38. Ethical essay

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 17-19.
14.3 X 11 cm

39. Ethical essay

Creator:: Aḃraham ben Moses ben Maimon, 1186-1237 אברהם בן משה (מימון), 1186-1237 Abraham ben Mosheh ben Maimon 1186-1237 Avraham ben Mosheh ben Maimon 1186-1237 Avraham ben Rambam Maïmonide, Abrâhâm ben Moïse, 1186-1237 Maimon, Aḃraham ben Moses, 1186-1237
Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 20 (recto), 22 (verso).
22.2 X 16.8 cm

40. Ethical essay

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

41. 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

42. From a Judeo-Arabic treatise on the meaning of dreams

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: [1]; lines: 21 (recto); 22 (verso); ruling method: "poorly ruled".
20.6 X 1 cm

43. From a Rabbinic treatise in Judeo-Arabic on laws of inheritance; prohibitions against robbery and oppression

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 14; ruling method: left rule occasionally justified by filler of one character.
20.3 X 14.6 cm

44. 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

45. Genealogical list from Ezra to Adam

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Lines: 11 (recto), 4 (verso).
15.8 X 9.2 cm

46. Genealogy of the Exilarchs to David and Adam

Creator:: Avraham ben Tamim, al-Raḥbi
Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 24 (recto); ruling method: lines increasingly cramped towards end.
15.8 X 18.4 cm

47. Greeting note

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

48. Haggadah for Passover, with directions in Judeo-Arabic

Language:: Judeo-Arabic
Geographic region:: Orient
Extent:: Columns: 1; lines: 11; ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character.
12.4 X 8.2 cm

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