A catalogue of Cairo Genizah fragments at the Bodleian Libraries

MS. Heb. f. 56

Physical Description

Ff. 130.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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Contents

Fol. 1
Various fragments

Some scribbling on ff. 5b, 13a, 15a, 19b.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Aramaic
a.
the text of Exodus xx. 12-26 in shorthand writing

with vowel points (see No. 2820, 1)

b. (fol. 1b)
a calendar

beg. מחזר ר̇ס̇א̇, continued on ff. 4, 5

c. (fol. 2)
fragment, mostly illegible, of a letter in Arabic concerning a money transaction
d. (ff. 2b, 3)
the Targum of Exodus xix. 21 to xx. 21 in shorthand writing

with some vowel points: the last three verses are repeated on fol. 6; ff. 4, 5, continuation of fol. 1b

e. (fol. 6b)
headed קדוס פסח, with (fol. 7b) liturgical pieces for פסח

in shorthand writing, mostly with vowel points, beg. ויקול מה נֿשֿ הֿלֿיֿ הֿזֿ מכ הלֵ

f. (fol. 12b)
fragments, mostly illegible, of a deed, in Arabic

relating to a transfer of property, drawn up at Cairo (date cut off) before מצליח הכהן

g. (fol. 13b)
an account in Arabic

beg. missing, of an injustice done by one אבן אבו אלשׁגֿאע, dated 1431 Sel. = 1120 A.D., on the evidence of the daughter of יוסף בן אלחכים; it continues on ff. 14a, 15b, 16, 17b, 18a, 19a;

h. (fol. 14b)
fragment of a marriage contract

dated ..76 Sel. at Fostat; the man’s name is ... מר̇ור̇ מרדכי הלוי הזקן היקר ש̇צ̇ בן מר̇ור̇ סעדיה ..., the woman’s name is cut off

k. (fol. 17)
fragment of a will or disposition of property

no names or date remaining

l. (fol.18b)
fragment, mostly illegible, of a bill of divorce

at the beg. is the name of אדוננו נשיאנו מלכינו דניאל הנשיא הגדול.

Physical Description

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History

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Contents

Fol. 20
Liturgical pieces
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

beg. missing, end וקדושה אשלש כקולם קול המון. וכל צבא מרום;

b.

א̇ב̇, headed אחר, beg. דודי אֿחד במרומים. בכל דרכיו תמים, incomplete, ending with ל.

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Contents

Targum of Haftaroth

With some vowel points and corrections.

Language(s): Aramaic
a.

(fol. 21) for ויהי בשלח, beg. missing, beg. with Judges iv. 11 (חמוהי דמשה) to v. 31;

b.

(fol. 24b) for וילך, Isaiah lv. 6 to lvi. 2.

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Contents

Fol. 25
Historical fragment

beg. missing, beg. נוה שני עד נחתם חזון, see Jewish Quarterly Review, ix. p. 25. With vowel points and accents in red.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

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History

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Contents

Liturgical pieces
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 27) beg. missing, beg. התפלה תהי קטרת ממולח, acr. ..ה בן אברהם;

b.

(ibid.) beg. שלום תבושר נשיאנו בעד אהלך, acr. שלמה בן נחום חזן חזק;

c.

(fol. 27b) beg. חמק ושב דודי ועינני, acr. חסן בן מליך.

Physical Description

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Fol. 28b
A short treatise (incomplete) on טרפה

headed by a late hand אתחיל לכתוב חבור קטון להרב רבינו שלמה

first line obliterated, beg. ... לחבר חב̇ור קט̇ן מכל החב[ורים] שנעשו עד היום הזה כי נתתי אל לבי כי כל האדם מחנך בנו לתלמוד בן עשר שנים ולומד לפני רבו עד עשרים שנה ...;

on fol. 29 the author says שתי הגרגרות שקורין קוֹרְדַּאוַאנַא או להרת שקורין אַרְמֵילַש

Fol. 28a, blank.

Language(s): Hebrew

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Contents

Fol. 30
On the interpretation of dreams

headed תפסיר אלמנאמאת, beg. אול מא דכרו אלעלמא וקאלו. אדא ראית חלמא פאחתפט̇ בה ולא [...] תזיד פיה ולא תנקץ.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 31
Commentary in Arabic on Job vii. 15-20

incomplete; beg. [ותבחר] מחנק נפ̇ אכתארת אלכנק נפסי ואכתארת אלמות ממא אגד פי עט̇אמי ואן לם יקול בעצמותי. וקאל מעצמותי פלנא מים והו מקאם בירק זאת הא̇ אשר תפילו מנחלה לשבטי יש̇ וליס הו בעץ̇ מן ארץ ישראל בל הי אלארץ̇ בגמלתהא פקולה מנחלה יעני תפילו בנחלה לש̇ ישראל.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Contents

Fol. 32b
Rhyming introduction to an ethical work

headed פתיחה, beg. אליכם עדה יקרה. ועם נוחלי דת ותורה. אליכם אישים אקרא. וקולי אל בני אדם. שמעו אלי נגידים. והאזינו בי נקדים. אדבר ודעו בי נגידים. בני איש גם בני אדם;

on fol. 33b a few lines of rhymed prose in Arabic character.

Fol. 32a, blank.

Language(s): Hebrew, Arabic

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Contents

Liturgical pieces
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 34) א̇ב̇, headed גירהא ללקדמא ז̇ל̇, and numbered in the margin ק̇כ̇, beg. מסגי למעבד טבוון ... אֿלהא דמשבח במרומי תוון, incomplete, ending with י;

b.

(fol. 35) part of an א̇ב̇, beg. חֿיש למו יום נקם. מלפניך. טֿהור אזון נא נאקם, ending with ל;

c.

(fol. 35b) א̇ב̇, headed שבח לדויד הנשיא ז̇ל̇, and numbered in the margin ק̇כ̇ב̇, beg. אוי לנפשי כי הרביתי תלונות, incomplete, ends with the beg. of ד.

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Contents

Liturgical pieces for the 9th of Ab
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 36) beg. missing (?), beg. ילידי רובה ואדמוני יחד סביב הקיפוני, with acr. יצחק twice;

b.

(fol. 36b) headed ופי דלך איצ̇א לר̇ יוסף בן אביתר ז̇ל̇, and numbered ר̇ג̇, beg. שכינה צועקת בהרע ... יהירים כהכניסו צלם במעוני, with acr. יוסף (Zunz, p. 571, no. 59);

c.

(fol. 37) headed מאורות לה איצ̇א, and numbered ר̇ד̇, beg. ימס לבבי לקול שוממה, acr. יהודה (Zunz, p. 675), incomplete.

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Contents

Fol. 38
Arabic translation of Lamentations ii. 22 to iii. 66

as in No. 2333, 3.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Contents

Liturgical pieces, mostly illegible

all headed אחר.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 39) beg. (injured) שלומות ...חים ...בות מפוענחים. וישועות מחוחים;

b.

(ibid.) beg. (injured) שלומות ... להאגידן וברכות להתמידן;

c.

(fol. 39b) beg. שלומות אגידות להאריכן ולהרחיבן;

d.

(ibid.) beg. אגיד כ..ין וגודל (?) חן לאסף;

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Astronomy; Masorah
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
a. (fol. 40)
the end of an astronomical treatise in Arabic

followed by four lines headed פצל פי תרתיב אל אלדואן אלואחד בעד אלאכר

b. (fol. 40b)
Masoretic fragment in Arabic

headed ... אתבת לך אלכלף אלדי אכתלף פיה אלמעלמין ... בן אשר ... ובן נפתלי, beg. ספר בראשית מ̇ה̇ סדר בראשית ד̇ אסדאר אולהא בראשית ....

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Contents

Deeds
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Aramaic
a. (fol. 43)
accounts

dated 1497 Sel. = 1186 A.D., with many names

b. (fol. 45)
the will of Abu 'l-faraj השר הנכבד, son of R. Moses נ̇ע̇

dated Wednesday the 18th of Nisan, 1493 Sel. = 1182 A.D., witnessed by Samuel hal-levi ben R. Seadiah נ̇ע̇, and Eleazar ben R. Michael נ̇ע̇;

on fol. 45b is a list of articles left by Abu 'l-faraj and an account (fol. 46) of their disposition, same year and witnesses

c. (fol. 46b)
marriage contract

dated Thammuz, 1493 Sel. = 1182 A.D., at Fostat, between אבו אלבקא ben R. Japhet and מעזזה daughter of Eleazar נ̇ע̇, witnessed by Joseph hal-levi (?) ben R. Samuel, and Levi (?) hal-levi ben R. Abraham

d. (fol. 47)
headed אלחתן תמים בר נתנאל אלכלה סת אלכפר בת אלעזר

containing a list of the dowry

e. (fol. 48)
list of dowry
f. (fol. 49)
a list of books and furniture belonging to the כניסה אלשאמיין

handed over to טאהר בן אלשיך מחפוט אלכאדם in Marḥeshwan, 1498 Sel. = 1187 A.D.

g. (fol. 50)
a list of books and furniture for the כניסה אלעראקיין

dated 1493 Sel. = 1182 A.D., with several names of donors; the articles were received by מחפוט̇, who afterwards handed them on (fol.50b) to Abu 'l-faraj ben Abu Saʿd; the witnesses are the same as in b

h. (fol. 51)
marriage contract

dated Thursday the 21st of Siwan, 1496 Sel. = 1185 A.D., at Fostat, before Sar Shalom הלוי הגאון, between Abu Saʿd hak-kohen ben Manṣur, surnamed Ben Sahlan, and נצר, daughter of Abu 'l-fakhr, surnamed Ben Sahlan; witnessed by Abraham bar Yaḥya hal-levi נ̇ע̇, and Berakhoth bar Japhet

i. (fol. 52)
entries dated 1493 (= 1182) and 1497 (= 1186)

on fol. 52b a decision of Sar Shalom concerning אלשיך אבו אלסרור בן אלשיך אבו סעד הידוע בן אללכאף, dated Tuesday the 20th of Thammuz, 1494 Sel. = 1183 A.D., witnessed by Samuel b. Seadiah

k. (fol.53)
lists of dowry as in d

dated Adar, 1495 Sel. = 1184 A.D., and Siwan of the following year; on fol. 54 is the report (crossed through) of a decision concerning אלשיך גליב בן צדקה אלבלביסי (cf. No. 2806, 7) and אלשיך אבו עמראן בן אלשיך אבו סעיד אלכהן, before Sar Shalom, on Tuesday the 15th of Siwan, 1494 Sel. = 1183 A.D., witnessed by Samuel hal-levi, Manasseh and Eleazar

l. (fol. 57)
a marriage contract

dated Thursday the 13th of Thishri, 1496 Sel. = 1185 A.D., at Fostat, before the Gaon Sar Shalom, between Abu 'Imran bar Ḥalfon and סת אלחُסَן אבנה הבה הידוע בן אלרומייה, witnessed by Samuel b. R. Seadiah and Manasseh b. R. Joseph

m. (fol. 58)
a marriage contract

dated Monday the 18th of Tebeth, 1496 Sel. = 1185 A.D., at Fostat, between הבה ben Joseph אלבילביסי and מעזזה daughter of Abu 'l-fadhl son of אלשיך מחפוט̇ אלטביב, witnessed by Levi, as c, Samuel and Manasseh, as l, and Jeshuah b. Moses

n. (fol. 59)
accounts for the year 1495 Sel. = 1184 A.D.

with many names

o. (fol. 62)
report of an action brought by אבו נצר בן אבו אלכיר against אלשיך אבו אלמחאסן בר יפת

before the Gaon Sar Shalom, on Tuesday the 4th of Shebat, 1496 Sel. = 1185 A.D., at Fostat.

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Contents

Fol. 63
Commentary on Ecclesiastes iii. 11 to 21

beg. תשובה. יש זורע כור חטים ונתפלל לפני המקו̇ שיזכה לאכול מאותה תבואה פעמי[ם] שאינו מספיק לקוצרה עד שמת, end מי יודע ומי שהוא יודע שם דבר הוא כמו דעתו הוא נותן ללבו שראויה רוח האדם לעלות למעלה ואשרי מי שזוכה לכן ונותן דבר זה ללבו ואינו חוטא ורוח הבהמה ראויה לירד למטה לארץ זו מדת צדיקים וראיתי כי אין, incomplete.

Language(s): Hebrew

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Contents

Fol. 65
Fragment of a medical work

with the following headings: שרבה נאפעה לכל עלה, שרבה לכל וגע, שרבה נאפעה לצ̇רבאן, (fol. 66) ללגשאוה ואלדמעה, ללשער אלדי ינבת פי אלעין.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 67
Historical fragment

beg. כי נגידים. זקני איומה, see Jewish Quarterly Review, viii. p. 558 (no. v), followed by liturgical rules in Arabic, and at the end the heading צלאת מוסף.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

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Contents

Fragment of a work on difficult words in the Bible
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

(fol. 73) the introduction, beg. and end missing, beg. מן אלעבראניין יגחדון מא נקל ען אלאנביא מן אלשראיע ואלאחכאם אלתי הי גיר מכתובה ...;

(fol. 74) the explanation of חלמות (Job vi. 6), וימרחו (Is. xxxviii. 21), לעקר (Lev. xxv. 47), טפלו (Ps. cxix. 69), numbered 6 to 9 in the margin.

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Fol. 75
Fragment of an Arabic poem

beg. דהב אלזמאן ואנת פיה תלעב. ומצ̇א זמאנך באטל לא הסב;

fol. 75b headed בשם ייָי ... אבתדי בהד̇ה אלעשר קצאיד אלתי הי לגיד אלוגוד קלאיד אנשא רב יהודה ביר̇ שלמה אלחריזי אלאנדלסי ר̇י̇ת̇ אלקצידה אלאולי פי ד̇כר וחדאניה אללה תעאלי ווצף אלגלאאלאלאעלי;

fol. 76 headed אלקצידה אלראבעה פי אלנפס אלנאטקה אלתי הי פי אלפצ̇איל עאשקה.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 77
Fragment of an apocalypse

in Arabic, beg. ויצעדון אלרום ואלאפרנג̇ ג̇מיעא בעסאכר האילה אל[י ב]לאד אלשאם, end ויט̇הר אלמסיח אבן א[פר]ים אלמנתסב אלי יוסף ע̇ה̇ ... פיסמע בדלך אליהוד אלמקימון בבגדאד ואקלימהא .. [ארו]את סאיר תלך אלארץ̇ ... אלשאם אנהם קד ולאו ... כא פיתעצבון אולאיך ... מלכא מן.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Contents

Grammar; lectionary; Mishnah

Coloured designs on fol. 80.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
a. (fol. 79)
grammatical fragment on the accents

beg. טעם התבר הנקרא הפך שהוא קודם הזקף מתחלף לה̇ פנים. הטעם הראשון. אם ג̇ תיבות גדולות ביחד ...

b. (fol. 80b)
five lines on the gutturals

headed סימן א̇ח̇ה̇ע̇

c. (ibid.)
rules, in Arabic, for the reading of the Law
d. (fol. 81)
Mishnah סוטה i. 1 to 4 (או̇ לה בתי)

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Contents

Fol. 82
Letter

perhaps by Seadiah, against Ben Meir. Beg. missing, beg. ובלכתי מהמון אל המון, see Jewish Quarterly Review, ix. p.36 sqq.

Language(s): Hebrew

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Fol. 84
Fragment of a grammatical work in Arabic, on the verbs

beg. יגב אן תעמל מתקדמא אן אלאפעאל לא תכון עלי אקל מן ג̇ אחרף ודלך אן לא ימכן אן ינטק בחרף מפרד מן טביעה וגוד ....

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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סליחות
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 86) א̇ב̇, beg. missing, beg. דֿמיתי לקאת מדבר, ends תֿרב גדולתי ותסוב תנחמני;

b.

(fol. 86b) ת̇ש̇ר̇ק̇, beg. תגרת יום קרב ומלחמה, incomplete, ends with ז;

c.

(fol. 87) א̇ב̇, beg. missing, beg. לֿזה שער באנו;

d.

(fol. 87b) headed סליחה ל̇י̇ז̇ בתמוז למ̇ שלמה הקטן זֿצֿלֿ, beg. שעה נאסר אשר נמסר (Zunz, p.412, no. 17), with acr. שלמ[ה], incomplete.

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Contents

Fol. 88
Fragment of a commentary on Babylonian Talmud ברכות, ff. 26 and 27

beg. בחירתא מסכת עידיות נקראת בחירתא שכן הלכותיה מובחרות מק[וב]צות מכל המשנה; the תלמוד ארץ ישראל is quoted. The quire is marked י̇.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; 16mo, vellum, stained and injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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Contents

Fol. 90
Babylonian Talmud גיטין, fol. 2b, line 5 (לפי) to fol. 5b, line 6 (לוי)
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. curs. char.; 12mo, paper, stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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Contents

Fol. 96
Alfasi on פסחים, fol. 106 (ושמע מנה) to fol. 108 (דרב נחמן אין)
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

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History

Provenance and Acquisition

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Contents

Fol. 102
Fragment of Halakhoth on שבת

beg. אלה̇ מן דרג הביאו לפניהם תאינים וענבים ודש̇ הא דתנו רב̇ אין מפליגין בספי̇ פחות מג̇ ימים לפני השבת.

Some scribbling on the margins.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; 16mo, paper.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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Contents

Fragment of a vocabulary of difficult words in the Bible with explanations in Arabic

The Hebrew words have vowel points.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
a.

(fol. 103) Esther v. 2 (שרביט) to the end,

b.

(ibid.) Ruth to ch. iv. 7 (התמורה);

c.

(fol. 104) Canticles iv. 3 (רקתך) to v. 10 (צח).

Physical Description

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History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

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Contents

Various fragments
Language(s): Hebrew, Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic
a.
The Targum of Canticles with an Arabic translation of the Targum

differing from that in No. 2333

α.

(fol. 105) Canticles vi. 9 (Arabic) to vii. 8 (Targum)

β.

(fol. 108) Canticles viii. 1 (Arabic) to the end, with the following colophon (fol. 113, written in two coll.):

תאם ונשלם שבח לאל בורה עולם אמן כן יהי רצון שנת הקעו ליצירה (1416) בחודש אדר פי קרתא עיר תל יעקוב י̇ע̇א̇ תחת ממשלת יוסף אבן כלף אנה פי ולאיית מארדין;

in the other column, אני זעיר מכול בני עירי נער עבד עברי עבדא דמארי מלחות רגליהון של חכמיא כהר צאלח בכר יעקוב מרדכי יעקוב אצלאן שלומה קצאב נ̇ע̇ הקורה בו ישמח וגו";

on fol. 113b, זה עלי אני הצעיר מ̇ה̇ משה בכר יעקב אלמרד;

b. (fol. 114)
magical and medical recipes

the first legible lines are, להתיר הנקשר יקוץ הצפרניים של ידיהם ורגליהם וישרפו וישתינו עליהם ויתרפו בעזרת האל; with figures;

c. (fol. 119)
headed זה ספר גורלות אחיתופל

beg. זה ס̇ הגורלות שחביר אחיתופל הגילוני ספר [י]דוע בלי יגיעה ובלי עמל ויש בו תימה גדולה.

Physical Description

Persian curs. char.; 12mo, paper, in parts obliterated.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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Contents

Fol. 120
A title-page

much injured and obliterated, beg. [כ]תאב אלתע[דיל] תאליף ראס אלמתי[בה] אלפיומי רחמה אלאלה הכותב ס[עדיה?] בן יוסף ..., dated in the year 406 = 1646 A.D.;

on fol. 120b, [כתאב] אלתעדיל תאליף רבינו יוסף אלפיומי ימצא רחמים.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Syr. squ. Rabb. char.; 12mo, paper.

History

Origin: 1646

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 56/34

Contents

Fol. 121
Babylonian Talmud כתובות, fol. 89b, line 22 (הכי עידי) to the end of the chapter, followed by the beginning of the מדרש א̇ב̇ דרבי עקיבא (Jellinek, Bet ha-Midrasch, iii. p. 50), headed אותיות.
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

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History

Provenance and Acquisition

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Contents

Fol. 122
Historical fragment relating to Samuel han-Nagid

beg. עתרת אלריס ... [מ]רנו ו[ר]בנו שמואל החבר זל וח שמריה ..., chiefly consisting of names.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. curs. char.; 2 coll., 12mo, paper, injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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Contents

Liturgical
Language(s): Hebrew
Fol. 123

some scribbling

fol. 123b
liturgical pieces
a.

מאורות, headed לאברהם בר̇ יוסף חזן, beg. אודה אל מאיר חשכה, acr. אברם;

b.

(fol. 124) headed גירה, beg. אימרות האל טהורות (? Zunz, p. 205), carelessly written, and obliterated.

Physical Description

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History

Provenance and Acquisition

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Contents

Fol. 125
Fragment (end) of a ס̇ היכלות

beg. מאחריך ומשלימין אותך לפחדאל השר שהוא ראש שומרי פתח היכל רביעי;

fol. 125b blank.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, fragment.

History

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Contents

Fol. 126
A letter, in Arabic

from a certain Menaḥem complaining of the seizure of his property by אבן אלעאדלי, headed אלממלוך מנחם. The writer appeals to אלעאדה ג̇אריה במצר ואלקאהרה.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Syr. curs. char.; 16mo, paper, obliterated.

History

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Contents

Fol. 127
Grammatical fragment in Arabic on the accents

beg. ג̇נב אלאכר מן ג̇נס ואחד המא שופר וצ̇ע ושופר רפע מתל אש֣ר נחל֣ו אלעז֣ר הכה֣ן ויהשוע ומא מאתלהא מן אלוצ̇ע ואלרפע.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Syr. curs. char.; 12mo, paper.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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Contents

Fol. 129
Fragment of the copy of a will, in Arabic (witnessed by תקוה הכהן בר נתן נ̇ע̇, Isaac bar Samuel Sefardi, and, in the margin, Solomon bar Isaac נ̇ע̇, Elijah bar 'Ali החבר), and of a decision based upon it.

The date is [1]521 Sel. = 1210 A.D.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Syr. curs. char.; squ. 12mo, paper, stained.

History

Origin: 1210

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

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