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Commentary on the Book of Creation (Genesis)

Dāwūd al-Muqammiṣ

Tafsīr kitāb al-khalīqa, Genesis 1 :1 (selections)

Mid-9th Century

Damaged manuscript page with Hebrew script among which are strings of golden floral and circular decorative patterns, surrounded by small vowelless notes and golden decorations.

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Commentary: On Daniel

Daniel al-Qūmisī

Commentary on Daniel 11:27-32, 36

Late 9th Century

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Second Targum

Targum sheni

10th Century

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Commentary: On the Song of Songs

Commentary on Song of Songs 1:15-17; 2:7; 4:10; 5:1.

10th Century

Two worn pages with handwritten Hebrew in varying sizes, one page with only two small paragraphs and the other with small annotations and a small diagram in the margin.

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Tafsīr (Arabic Translation): Introduction

Se‘adya Ga’on

First Half of the 10th Century

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Commentary: On Genesis

Se‘adya Ga’on

On Genesis 1:28

First Half of the 10th Century

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Book of Theodicy (Commentary on Job)

Se‘adya Ga’on

Commentary on Job, Introduction and Chapter 1 (selections)

First Half of the 10th Century

Two worn pages with handwritten Hebrew in varying sizes, one page with only two small paragraphs and the other with small annotations and a small diagram in the margin.

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Book of Conviviality in Exile (Commentary on Esther)

Se‘adya Ga’on

Commentary on Esther 3:1-5

First Half of the 10th Century

Illustrated manuscript page with Hebrew writing forming an intricate archway surrounded by geometric and floral patterns in gold and other colors, with a central micrography of the first three words of Psalm 19:8.

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Commentary: On Psalms

Salmon ben Yerūḥīm

On Psalms 69:1–3; 13

After 900

Manuscript page of Hebrew script, in a short paragraph followed by staggered lines, surrounded by smaller vowelless notes.

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The Book of Gardens and Parks: On Exegesis

Ya‘qūb al‑Qirqisānī

Kitāb al-riyāḍ wa-’l-ḥadā’iq, Introduction

938

Manuscript page with three columns of Hebrew text, with smaller writing in the margins and between columns.

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The Book of Gardens and Parks: On Genesis

Ya‘qūb al‑Qirqisānī

Kitāb al-riyāḍ wa-’l-ḥadā’iq, on Genesis 12:13

938

Worn manuscript page with Arabic writing.

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Commentary: On Ecclesiastes (Arabic)

Salmon ben Yerūḥīm

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:16, 12:12

Mid-10th Century