Court Deed (Jerusalem)

This court record, from the senior rabbinic court in Jerusalem and preserved in the Cairo Geniza, deals with a suit by several grandsons against their grandfather’s agent, Hillel ben Isaac. The grandsons, represented by Maṣlīaḥ ben Eliah of Sicily, seek to recover proceeds from the sale of books and of kohl, a powder used in medicines and makeup in the medieval period. They demand repayment from Hillel, who had sold the items. Maṣlīaḥ had already tried to recover the funds in the Ramla (Ramle) court but had not yet succeeded. Ellipses indicate lacunae in the manuscript.