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This manuscript page is in the hand of the former Italian priest Ovadiah the Proselyte, known as Johannes of Oppido before his conversion to Judaism. The page contains musical notations to one of two…
Ketubah (Fustāt, Egypt)
This large, decorated ketubah was written in Fustāt (Old Cairo). It included twenty-five gold dinars as part of the dowry. The handwriting is thought to be that of the well-known scribe Ḥalfon ben…
Ketubah (Fustāt, Egypt)
This ketubah was written for a wedding in the summer of 1128 in Fustāt (Old Cairo). It was prepared under the authority of Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen Ga’on, head of the Palestinian academy, who facilitated the…
Ketubah (Fustāt, Egypt)
The heading of this ketubah is in Hebrew, although the (missing) main text would have been in Aramaic. It can be roughly dated from a reference to Sar Shalom ha-Levi, who led the Jewish community in…
Ketubah (Fustāt, Egypt)
The two surviving pieces of this ketubah, one of the earliest with illumination, and one of the largest, were found separately among the materials preserved in the Cairo Geniza and were recently…