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Digitizing Cairo Geniza documents since 1985. https://genizalab.princeton.edu/, https://geniza.princeton.edu
We look forward to seeing how researchers utilize and explore this collection in new ways!
28.07.2025 21:55 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Special thanks to director Prof. Marina Rustow, co-director Prof. Eve Krakowski, project managers Rachel Richman, Ksenia Ryzhova, Pratima Gopalakrishnan, and Amel Bensalim, as well as research software engineer Mohamed Abdellatif, the CDH's Rebecca Koeser, and all our researchers past and present!
28.07.2025 21:55 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This represents structured metadata informed by scholarly research and meticulous cataloging by the PGP team, all of which is now available in .csv format for researchers and the public. The metadata will be updated quarterly.
28.07.2025 21:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0For the first time since the Princeton Geniza Project began in 1986, we have published our metadata collated from over 30,000 Geniza documents and the People, Places, and histories of the Middle East and premodern Jewish communities found therein!
zenodo.org/records/1583...
(genizaprojects.princeton.edu/pgpsearch). Meanwhile keep enjoying our new site (geniza.princeton.edu/en/)!
24.03.2025 16:21 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Given the expanded capabilities of the new PGP site (v4), we're finally retiring PGPv3. We chose April 3, 2025 as its final date, S. D. Goitein's 125th birthday. Many thanks to Ben Johnston of @mcgrawect for building the site & running it. You can find the archived content here:
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page from a Hebrew manuscript with beautiful capitals ornamented with red and blue designs
screenshot from a Hebrew manuscript with the word ΧΧΧΧ¨Χ§Χ
A gorgeous prayerbook (maαΈ₯zor) for the high holidays copied in Mallorca(!) in 1332 CE, recently spotted by PGP researcher Tani Robinson.
geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
That seems right! "flashiness?"
Re: "pushiness" I'm also not convinced that this reads ΧΧΧ¦Χͺ in the first place
screenshot of a medieval manuscript with Hebrew script
"He disdains me because I have little pomposity" (ΩΩΨ― ΨΩΨ±ΩΩ ΩΨΨ§Ω Ψ§ΩΩΩ ΩΩΩΩ Ψ§ΩΨ¨ΩΨ±Ψ¬Ψ©) - 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...
medieval manuscript covered with Hebrew script (letter in Judaeo-Arabic)
"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...
Goitein's index card: "Dr. Paul Fenton to publish together with me as Maimonides en pantoufles"
AI-generated image of Maimonides en pantoufles
Goitein's index card ("Dr. Paul Fenton to publish together with me as Maimonides en pantoufles") with accompanying AI illustration of Maimonides en pantoufles.
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A very sweet letter reminiscing on a visit to the house of Maimonides, who is depicted here enjoying lemon drops and playing with a cute toddler.
"I kissed his noble hand, and he received us with a most cordial welcome. He said to me, 'Come and sit...'"
geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
The cover of the new book "Mariages et sΓ©parations en Γgypte au Moyen Γge"
two fragments of a medieval Arabic manuscript joined together
Not to be missed! A landmark new book in Arabic documentary legal studies by Mathieu Tillier and NaΓ―m Vanthieghem. Includes many previously unidentified Cairo Geniza fragments. Pictured: geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
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A Judaeo-Arabic text about Alexander the Great, with the text of a letter from the Persian king Darius ("king of kings and master of the nations of the world"), commands Alexander to submit to him: geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
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