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Princeton Geniza Lab
@genizalab.bsky.social
Digitizing Cairo Geniza documents since 1985.
https://genizalab.princeton.edu/, https://geniza.princeton.edu
A gorgeous prayerbook (maḥzor) for the high holidays copied in Mallorca(!) in 1332 CE, recently spotted by PGP researcher Tani Robinson.

geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
December 29, 2024 at 6:39 AM
That seems right! "flashiness?"

Re: "pushiness" I'm also not convinced that this reads אלצת in the first place
November 28, 2024 at 8:34 PM
"He disdains me because I have little pomposity" (وقد حقرني لحال انني قليل البهرجة) - a humble teacher writing about his rich, apparently pompous uncle (Avraham Ibn Yiju)

Document record:
geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
Published edition:
princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-indi...
November 28, 2024 at 4:24 AM
"When I parted from you, I intended to sail to the island of Cyprus, but a strong storm diverted the boat to Tarsus. I was very much afraid that the king would take hold of me and detain me. . . ." Letter from Alexandria to Cairo, ~1212 CE

geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
November 27, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Goitein's index card ("Dr. Paul Fenton to publish together with me as Maimonides en pantoufles") with accompanying AI illustration of Maimonides en pantoufles.
November 27, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Not to be missed! A landmark new book in Arabic documentary legal studies by Mathieu Tillier and Naïm Vanthieghem. Includes many previously unidentified Cairo Geniza fragments. Pictured: geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
November 27, 2024 at 4:12 PM