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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Judeo-Arabic

81. EAP025/1/141

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP025/1/141
Title:
Legal Document
Scope & Content:
Recto: part of a legal document, probably a will, mentioning quantities of dinars, names of months and the phrase ‘my death’. The name Abū l-Ḥusayn is preserved. Verso: a further part of a legal document, probably the continuation of the text on recto, which was written in Fusṭāṭ in Adar 1[...] ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Aramaic, Hebrew, and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
10th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

82. EAP025/1/143

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP025/1/143
Title:
Narrative
Scope & Content:
Narrative mentioning Syria and a brother Jacob; too little text remains for further identification.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
10th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

83. EAP025/1/144

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP025/1/144
Title:
Philosophy/sociology/magical (?)
Scope & Content:
Leaf from a book dealing with the seven kinds of people (or social groups) and their character, temperaments and traits. For example, the author explains the typical features of the Aṣḥāb al-Miqrā, who require clarity of pronunciation and a euphonic tone of voice.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
10th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

84. EAP025/1/145

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP025/1/145
Title:
Rabbinics/calendrical
Scope & Content:
Discussion of holidays before and after the dispersal (for example in Babylonia), of the prophets who appeared in the different countries (like Ezekiel and Daniel), and of the fate of the Jews in Greece and Edom.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
10th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

85. EAP025/1/146

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP025/1/146
Title:
Letters
Scope & Content:
Recto: a compilation of letter formulae or part of a form letter. In the bottom right-hand corner there is a typical sender’s formula with the name Abraham b. Benjamin ‘the pitiable teacher’ (המלמד המרוחם). Verso: an Arabic basmalla and Hebrew jottings.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew, and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
10th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

86. EAP025/1/147

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP025/1/147
Title:
Narrative
Scope & Content:
Narrative concerning Alexander; possibly a Judaeo-Arabic paraphrase of Yosippon, corresponding to Flusser (1978: I 57–8).
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
10th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

87. EAP025/1/153

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP025/1/153
Title:
Narrative
Scope & Content:
A tale in the style of A Thousand and One Nights, told partly in the first person, mentioning a period of seven years, robbers who took all the narrator’s possessions, and a (barren) wife praying to God in the night.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
10th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

88. EAP025/1/156

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP025/1/156
Title:
Philosophy
Scope & Content:
Discussion on the existence of the world to come.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
10th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

89. EAP025/1/157

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP025/1/157
Title:
Scroll of Antiochus
Scope & Content:
Scroll of Antiochus, vv. 65–66, with the translation of Saʿadya Gaʾon. Recto contains the translation of v. 65; verso contains the Aramaic of v. 66.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Aramaic and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
10th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

90. EAP025/1/160

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP025/1/160
Title:
Scroll of Antiochus
Scope & Content:
The Scroll of Antiochus, vv. 36–43 and 52–63, in Saʿadya’s Judaeo-Arabic translation.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
10th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

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