CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit

List of Materials in the Old Series Classification

i)        Boxes

CIassification   No. of    General Description               Remarks
                 Boxes

A1--45            37        Bible: mainly text with          There is no
                            some Apocrypha,                  A23, A27
                            Pseudepigrapha, colophons        or A33.
                            shorthand and phylacteries.

B1--20            11        Bible versions: trilingual,
                            Targum (some with supra-
                            linear vocalisarion),
                            Lectionaries and Haftarot.
Cl-?               5        Midrash and Bible
                            commentaries.
Dl                 1        Massorah
El -4              4        Mishnan and Tosefta
                            (vocalised and unvocalised)
                            including Avot and Seder
                            Olam.
Fl - 17           16        Talmud: text and commentaries,
                            including minor tractates
                            and codifications.
Gi -2              2        Responsa: Geonic and
                            general.
H2- 18            12        Liturgies                        H1 is now bound
                                                             as 18H1 and 18H2;
                                                             there is no H9.
Jl -3              2        Documents and letters,
                            bilis and lists, historical
                            letters, forms of documents
                            forms of letters, letters
                            of Sherira, forms of
                            shetarot.  
Kl-27              6        Miscellaneous: 1. Amulets        K13 (Maimonides)
                            and books on magic;              has been
                            2. Calendars; 3. Catalogues      distributed among
                            of books, indices of books;      the bound
                            5. Children's exercises;         volumes accord-
                            6. Colophons; 7. Dictionaries    ing to size; K20
                            and vocabularies; 8. Dirges;     (Yosippon) is
                            9. Grammatical; 10. Illumin-     now bound as
                            ated; 11. Jottings;              10K16 and
                            12. Kabbala; 14. Medicine;       8K17; there is
                            15. Names and pedigrees;         no K4.
                            16. Poetry; 17. Polemics;
                            18. Printed vellum;
                            19. Saadia; 21-27 contaln
                            non-Semitic and unidentifIed
                            fragments and miscellaneous
                            documents.


ii)  Arabic Boxes (Arabic characters and Judaeo-Arabic)
Ar.l-54           45        la. Pentateuch;
                            lb. Prophets & Hagiographa;
                            ic. Psalms; 2. Calendars;
                            Accounts; 3. Writing
                            exercises; 4. Lists &
                            Accounts; 5. Grammar;            There is no
                            6. Tales; 7. Documents;          Ar.l5. The
                            8. Liturgy; 9. Massorah;         15 fragments
                            10. Astronomy & Astrology;       from boxes
                            Il. Medical; 12. Philosophy;     14 and 15
                            13. Literature; 14. Polemic;     are now all
                            16. Midrash, aggadah &           in Box 14.
                            homilies; 17. Midrash:
                            18[1]. Talmud etc.; 18[2]. Tal-  Ar.5l-54=
                            mudic commentaries &             Hirschfeld 1-4.
                            Halakhah; 19. Letters &          a number of
                            documents; 20. Jottings          Hirschfeld's
                            & Mohammedan;                    selections are
                            21-28. Bible: translations &     now incorporated
                            commentary; 29. Calendars,       into other
                            maths & astronomy;               parts of the
                            30. Documents,                   Collection.
                            letters & history;
                            31-32. Grammars &
                            lexicography;
                            33. Homilies;
                            34-35. Jottings &
                            children's exercises;
                            36-37. Liturgies &
                            Poetry;
                            38-42. Mohammedan;
                            43-45. Philosophy,
                            kabbak and medicine;
                            46. Religious tracts,
                            homilies, aggadab,
                            Midrash, Bible history;
                            47-50. Talmudic & rabbinic;
                            51-54. Dr Hirschfeld's
                            selections.




iii) Miscellaneous Boxes

Misc.l-36      36          Mainly Bible, Hebrew         Loan 1-109=
                           Talmudic and Printed.        Misc. 35;
                                                        Loan 109-209=
                                                        Misc.36.
                                                        1-7=Bible;
                                                        17-19,30-34
                                                        contain printed
                                                        material.


iv)  Oriental Boxes (acquired before Schechter's visit to Cairo)

Or.l080l-15   11        Miscellaneous                    No no.12
Or.1081 1-2    2        Miscellaneous
Or.1080 Al-4 ) 2        Bible                         (  Fragments
  & A5-45    )                                        (  sorted from
  B1-20        1        Versions & Haftarot           (  Or.l080
  Cl-7         1        Bible commentaries            (  1-l5.

Or.l081 ABCD   1        Bible: text, versions,        Fragments
(with Or.1081.2 folder) commentaries &                sorted from
                        Massorah.                     Or.l081 1-2.

Or.lO8l J      3 )      Judaeo-Arabic documents        291 fragments.
Or.l081 J      1 )                                      72 fragments.



v)  Glass: Fragments of miscellaneous content (mainly documents, letters,
    liturgies, poetry and responsa) arranged according to size and placed
    between glass.

Classification                            Remarks

6H 9-21               Piyyut fragments on papyrus; nos. 20 & 21 are parts
                      of fragments with earlier numbers.
8.1-285
12.1-874              Some nos. have been removed and bound; others
                      have been added from the NS.

16.1-389
20.1-188
24.1-81
28.1-26
32.1-10

vi)  Bound Volumes ("Hebrew"); the general description given to (v) also
     applies here except that most of the fragments have been bound and the
     capital letters refer to the divisions given in (i).above.

Classification      No of                   Remarks
                     Vols.

6F                     2               6F2 is unbound.
6H                     8
6J                    12
6K                     3
8B                     1               Now 12.865
8C                     1
8D                     1
8F                     3               8F2 is unbound.
8G                     7
8H                    24
83                    41
8K                    23
lOC                    3
lOF                    4
lOG                    5
10H                   11
10J                   32
10K                   22               10Kl3 is unbound.   
13C                    1
l3D                    1
13F                    2
13G                    3
13H                    4
133                   37                13J32=J.3.47
13K                    7


vii)  Bound Volumes ("Arabic")

6Fa                    1
6Ja                    3                  6Ja3 is unbound.
6Ka                    I
8Ca                    1
8Fa                    3
83a                    2                  8Ja2 is unbound.       
8Ka                    9 (2-10)           8Ka1 is now under glass (=16.353)
lOCa                                      Now in Hirschfeld 2 (=Ar.52).
lOFa                   3
lOKa                   5
l3Fa                   2
13Ja                   2                  Bound in 1 vol.
13Ka                   1                  Unbound.