1. "Angel" Carpet Fragment

Date:

16th century

Time period:

Safavid

Medium:

Wool and silk pile, asymmetrical knot

Extent:

22 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. (57.2 x 16.8 cm)

2. "Katuv sham (glosses on Zerahiah ben Isaac ha-Levi Gerondi's Sefer ha-Maʼor
on Talmud Bavli Giṭin
Yevamot
Ketubot
the three Bavot
Sanhedrin and Makot)"

Creator:

Author: Abraham ben David, of Posquières

Date:

1576–1600

3. "Miscellany (Abraham ben Jacob Saba's Eshkol ha-kofer
a commentary on Ruth; Joseph Caspi's Ḥatsotserot kesef
a commentary on Ecclesiastes; Shem Tov ben Joseph ben Shem Tov Ibn Shem Tov's commentary on the Hagadah)"

Date:

1576–1600

Geographic region:

North Africa

4. "Obadiah Sforno's works"

Creator:

Author: Sforno, Obadiah ben Jacob

Date:

1576–1600

Geographic region:

Italy

5. "Zohar (Parashat Bereʼshit
with Moses Cordovero's commentary Or yaḳar)"

Date:

1591

Geographic region:

Italy

7. A Virtuous Woman Placates the King by Plucking Out Her Eyes

Date:

1597-1598 (Mughal)

Medium:

ink and pigments on laid paper

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm)

8. A Youth with a Falcon

Date:

late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)

Medium:

ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 1/4 in. (32 x 21 cm)

9. A Youth with a Falcon (Back)

Date:

late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)

Medium:

ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 1/4 in. (32 x 21 cm)

10. A large bifolium from a collection of Geonic responsa, including questions addressing Amram Gaon ...

Date:

6th-19th century

Language:

Hebrew
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)

Medium:

Vellum

Extent:

2 leaves (bifolium). Leaf: (height: 23 cm, width: 40 (1 leaf: 20) cm)

11. Account note page

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Egypt?

Extent:

Columns: 2; ruling method: folded lengthwise into two halves.
27.6 X 14.6 cm

12. Accounts (?) 24.369

Date:

6th-19th century

Language:

Arabic

Medium:

Paper

Extent:

Leaf: (height: 13.7 cm, width: 4.6 cm)