Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32
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- Specimens (1)
Details
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32
Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Item Nature
One leaf document
Writing
Parchment
Brown (iron-gall)
Calamus
Ruling
No ruling can be seen
76
Dimensions
400
120
Date
11th Century CE
Probably 1064 CE.
Place
al-Ramla
Language
Hebrew
Document Text
Contract
Marriage contract written by the Gaʾon Eliyyahu b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (served 1062–83). Location: Ramla. Dating: Probably 1064 CE. The property of the bride includes an upper story with its kitchen, toilet (בית כסא), and half a well of non-potable water.
Vowels and Signs
Sporadic
Other
990053386430205171
https://genizah.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/volume_5 (Date accessed: 2026-01-19)
M. A. Friedman, Jewish Marriage in Palestine: A Cairo Geniza Study (Tel Aviv University, Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, 1980), vol. 2 (The Ketubba Texts).
Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/504/ (accessed January 19, 2026).
Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/504/ (accessed January 19, 2026).
Item Images
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: 1r
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: 1v
Graphic Elements
Letter
Aleph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38643
Beth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38636
Gimel
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38641
Daleth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38628
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38642
He
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38640
Vav
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38648
Zayin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38637
Ḥeth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38630
Ṭeth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38654
Yod
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38649
Kaph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38632
Lamed
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38644
Mem
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38638
Mem: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38626
Nun
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38629
Nun: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38651
Samekh
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38647
'Ayin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38631
Pe
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38645
Pe: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38634
Ṣade
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38635
Ṣade: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38650
Qoph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38627
Resh
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38652
Shin/Sin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38633
Tav
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Letter - #38646
Ligature-Connected
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Ligature-Connected - #38639
Nexus
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Nexus - #38653
Specimens
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.32: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)