@mrustow

Cairo Geniza specialist, professor of Near Eastern Studies & History, director of the Princeton Geniza Lab. Deciphering, often with great difficulty, since 1996

 Munsee-Lenape occupied lands
princeton.academia.edu/MarinaRustow
Joined September 2008
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I’m moved 😢 All I knew about the life of this ancestor of mine were the books, the Garibaldi campaign and the dramatic ending. @Roelkonijn this was brilliant!
Dr Roel Konijnendijk@Roelkonijn25 Apr 2020
I study early scholars of Greek warfare. Most of them are obscure teachers and professors. Only one is found in the letters of Mazzini, Bismarck, Garibaldi, Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln. That's right, Twitter. It's time to talk about Wilhelm Rüstow, born #OTD in 1821.
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Medieval Judaeo-Arabic manuscript recording how to say "OMG" in fifteen languages. If you happen to know Samaritan, Nubian, Rusian, {A}rmenian, Oghuz, Coptic, or any of the half dozen mystery languages here, please advise! geniza.princeton.edu/en/docu…
Photos of recto and verso of a small medieval manuscript in Hebrew and Arabic script, alongside tentative transcription & translations: אלה שמיה תרגמיה God of heaven (in) Targumic שמח שמח באלסימריה ŠMḤ ŠMḤ in Samaritan נגש נגש באלחתיה(?) NGŠ NGŠ in Hittite(???) סלו סלו באלנוביה SLW SLW in Nubian תחה תחה באלכאשכיה(?) TḤH TḤH in Kāskian(?) יא בר בר באלרוסיה O BR BR in Russian יא זגזגה סוראניה O ZGZGH (in) Syriac(?) יא קרס קרס באלסרצטיה(?) O QRS QRS in SRṢṬian יא קטפז באלרמנייה(?) O QṬFZ in {A}rmenian(?) יֵאמִנתִיָיו(?) אפרנגיה O Mintiyaw (in) Frankish יאגמתו(?) באלגזיה O GMTW in Ghuzz(?) יא שפנותה באלקבטיה O S(h)ephnute in Coptic יא כדי כדי באלעגמיה O Khudī Khudī in Persian יא חס חס באלרומיה(?) O ḤS ḤS in Roman (Greek?) יא רב . . . . . אלשמא באלערביה O Lord of heaven in Arabic بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عونك يا رب بالله ربكما عوجا على سكني وعاتبماه(!)

ALT Photos of recto and verso of a small medieval manuscript in Hebrew and Arabic script, alongside tentative transcription & translations: אלה שמיה תרגמיה God of heaven (in) Targumic שמח שמח באלסימריה ŠMḤ ŠMḤ in Samaritan נגש נגש באלחתיה(?) NGŠ NGŠ in Hittite(???) סלו סלו באלנוביה SLW SLW in Nubian תחה תחה באלכאשכיה(?) TḤH TḤH in Kāskian(?) יא בר בר באלרוסיה O BR BR in Russian יא זגזגה סוראניה O ZGZGH (in) Syriac(?) יא קרס קרס באלסרצטיה(?) O QRS QRS in SRṢṬian יא קטפז באלרמנייה(?) O QṬFZ in {A}rmenian(?) יֵאמִנתִיָיו(?) אפרנגיה O Mintiyaw (in) Frankish יאגמתו(?) באלגזיה O GMTW in Ghuzz(?) יא שפנותה באלקבטיה O S(h)ephnute in Coptic יא כדי כדי באלעגמיה O Khudī Khudī in Persian יא חס חס באלרומיה(?) O ḤS ḤS in Roman (Greek?) יא רב . . . . . אלשמא באלערביה O Lord of heaven in Arabic بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عونك يا رب بالله ربكما عوجا على سكني وعاتبماه(!)

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A hybrid panel at @CBL_Dublin on A. S. Yahuda featuring @a_el_shamsy, @eckropf and Moya Carey, moderated by your humble servant. This coming Wednesday, 28 June, 13h EDT, 18h local in Dublin. All welcome. chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/ab…
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Another opportunity to work with my amazing @genizalab team!
Rebecca Sutton Koeser@suttonkoeser27 Apr 2023
Just posted! Apply to be a Senior Research Software Engineer. Help tackle fascinating and challenging research & technical problems related to the Princeton Geniza Project; work with the wonderful @GenizaLab team. #Princeton #RSE #job social.icims.com/viewjob/pt1…
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Marina Rustow@mrustow6 Apr 2023
Fun opportunity to work with me!🦸‍♀️🦹‍♀️📜✍️ 🧑‍💻 If you're less than 4 years post-PhD and into digital humanities *and* premodern textual artifacts (manuscripts, archives, coins, inscriptions, etc), please apply for this postdoc. Deadline: May 7, 2023. puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHir…
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A monumental new Fragment of the Month from @GenizaLab's own Yosef Ginsberg on new fragments of Sefer Tagin ("The Book of Crownlets") lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/de…
Medieval manuscript with Hebrew writing on it. Caption: Detail from JTS ENA 2753.16, recto, published with courtesy of the Jewish Theological Seminary Library.

ALT Medieval manuscript with Hebrew writing on it. Caption: Detail from JTS ENA 2753.16, recto, published with courtesy of the Jewish Theological Seminary Library.

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Fun opportunity to work with me!🦸‍♀️🦹‍♀️📜✍️ 🧑‍💻 If you're less than 4 years post-PhD and into digital humanities *and* premodern textual artifacts (manuscripts, archives, coins, inscriptions, etc), please apply for this postdoc. Deadline: May 7, 2023. puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHir…
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Absolutely stunning document
Evrim Binbaş@EvrimBinbas16 Jan 2023
The Timurid Iskandar b. 'Umar Shaykh's farman in The David Collection is an outstanding Persian document Persian. Will Kwiatkowsky and I edited, translated, commented on this magnificent scroll. Our article is now available on my academia page. 👇🏽 academia.edu/95035619/Iskand…
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Dan Gallaher@DanGallaher130 Jan 2023
Replying to @GenizaLab
This looks like an extract from an edition of the tenth century History of Yovhannēs Drasxanakertc‘i.
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We still know little about how medieval Islamic law worked in practice, despite having access to many legal documents. By analyzing legal texts in creative ways, Dr. Marina Rustow (@mrustow) is shedding new light on the role of judges (qadis) & how they worked. A thread. 🧵
Detail from a 17th century painting of a scene from Sa'di's Gulistan. Description from the Met museum: "This painting was created during the reign of Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605–27) and illustrates a scene from the Gulistan of Sa'di, a 13th century poetic collection of moral tales. In this story, an old man takes on a much younger wife, named Pearl, but is unable to consummate the marriage. Complaining of his wife's inadequacies but unable to see his own, the old man takes the issue up with the local qadi (or magistrate), seated at the right of the scene."

ALT Detail from a 17th century painting of a scene from Sa'di's Gulistan. Description from the Met museum: "This painting was created during the reign of Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605–27) and illustrates a scene from the Gulistan of Sa'di, a 13th century poetic collection of moral tales. In this story, an old man takes on a much younger wife, named Pearl, but is unable to consummate the marriage. Complaining of his wife's inadequacies but unable to see his own, the old man takes the issue up with the local qadi (or magistrate), seated at the right of the scene."

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Xin Wen@xwen011324 Jan 2023
Today is the official publication date of my book The King's Road. It is widely available now, but if you order from PUP website press.princeton.edu/books/ha…, you can use the code P321 for 30% off!
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Ever wonder what kind of stuff you'd find on the shelves of a pharmacy in medieval Cairo? Wonder no more! geniza.princeton.edu/en/docu…
medieval manuscript covered with Arabic writing

ALT medieval manuscript covered with Arabic writing

manuscript illumination of a pharmacist preparing a medicine

ALT manuscript illumination of a pharmacist preparing a medicine

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New join for this letter from a disconsolate mother to her son in al-Ushmūnayn (Upper Egypt), 1146–54 CE. Found by @OdedZinger! geniza.princeton.edu/en/docu…
Princeton Geniza Lab@GenizaLab18 Jun 2022
Letter from a mother: "My son, people only raise children so that they won't have to rely on others, but you are making me rely on others even as you prosper!" ويا ولدي انما يربو الناس اولادهم ان يغنوهم عن الناس تحوجني الى الناس وانت بكل خير geniza.princeton.edu/en/docu…
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What in the actual Fancy a paleographic challenge? I'm getting tax receipt or other fiscal doc, early Mamluk but ... ¯\_ (ツ) _/¯ @GenizaLab @stluescher @YeOldeAmel @yusufumrethwala @TobiasScheunch1 @Tamer_Elleithy @MENALibAHS @PhDniX @BondioliLorenzo @Ballandalus
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A glimpse of trade networks in Aden (Yemen) in 1155–56 CE: "Travelers arrived in these two years in ships from every sea: from all the lands of Hind and its provinces, from the land of the Zanj and its provinces, from the inland region of Berbera and Abyssinia.... 1/
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My favorite thread EVER
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New offer/invitation: If you'd like any Geniza document translations, tag us with the document, and say what intrigued you about the description and what more you'd like to know! Browse/search our new database here: geniza.princeton.edu/en/docu…
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This excellent article persuasively identifies an intermediate style between the early Arabic petition and the high Fatimid style I researched for The Lost Archive. I feel fortunate to have an interlocutor like @LevEDub
Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta@alusuralwusta8 Apr 2022
New Article Alert! an impoverished father in medieval Egypt needed to remove his daughter from her late mother’s family & turned to a judge for help. Check out @LevEDub’s new article “The Long Arm of the Provincial Law” abt his petition, today in @librarycongress
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Never fails to make me happy 😆 geniza.princeton.edu/en/docu…
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