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  1. 51Paraliterary textJRL B 6749

    Magical spell in Aramaic

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  2. 52Paraliterary textJRL B 6755

    Magical spell. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Perhaps for striking fear into people's hearts. The beneficiary seems to be Abū Saʿd b. Baldīn (? בלדין). The original …

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  3. 53Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/15b

    Formulary for a magical spell. Small fragment.

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  4. 54Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/3

    Magical fragment, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic and Aramaic.

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  5. 55Paraliterary textJRL L 77

    Renderings of modern amulets.

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  6. 56Paraliterary textMoss. VI,9.1

    Magical text in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic. Mentions dream reading.

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  7. 57Paraliterary textMoss. VI,9.3

    Magical text in Hebrew and Arabic script.

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  8. 58Paraliterary textMoss. VI,14.1

    Magical text in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  9. 59Paraliterary textMoss. VI,14.2

    Magical text in Hebrew script.

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  10. 60Paraliterary textMoss. VI,14.3

    Magical text in Hebrew script.

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  11. 61Paraliterary textMoss. VI,14.5

    Magical text in Hebrew.

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  12. 62Paraliterary textMoss. VI,15.1

    Magical text in Hebrew script.

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  13. 63Paraliterary textMoss. VI,15.2

    Magical text in Hebrew script.

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  14. 64Paraliterary textMoss. VI,17.1

    Magical text in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  15. 65Paraliterary textMoss. VI,21.1

    Magical text in Hebrew script. Probably late.

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  16. 66Paraliterary textMoss. VI,22.2

    Magical recipes in Hebrew, including for sleep and for headache (shaqīqa).

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  17. 67Literary textStras. 4038/26

    A page from a literary work on magical medical remedies.

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  18. 68Paraliterary textT-S 6J3.9

    Fragment from the Babylonian Jewish magical text Pišra de-Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa. (Information from CUDL.)

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  19. 69Paraliterary textT-S 12.41

    Magical formulary containing unusual curses on anyone pilfering a Torah scroll donated by a person on his death-bed. It contains the names of ten angels …

    1. הקדיש זה המצחף מ ור פל בר פל חלקו עם שבע כתות של צדיקים
    2. בגן עדן וערסו תחת עץ החיים והספר התורה(!) הזה הוא קודש לה
    3. אלהי ישראל לא ימכר ולא יגאל והמוכר…

    1. This codex was dedicated by Our Master Rabbi N son of N, may his share be with the seven classes of the righteous

    2. on Paradise, and may his place…

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  20. 70Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.17

    Magical text, including recipes for qefiẓat ha-derekh and petiḥat ha-lev. Information from FGP.

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  21. 71Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.45

    The remnants of 8 pages of magical instructions in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic; only the parts closes to the central crease/binding have survived. ASE.

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  22. 72Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.132

    A magical spell (ʿazīma).

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  23. 73Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.181

    Magical text. In Judaeo-Arabic. Information from FGP.

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  24. 74Literary textT-S Ar.30.241

    Magical treatise in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic.

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  25. 75Paraliterary textT-S Ar.34.1

    Magical formulary in Judaeo-Arabic and Aramaic.

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  26. 76Paraliterary textT-S Ar.38.35

    Magical formulae in Arabic script. (Information from Wissem Gueddich via FGP.)

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  27. 77Paraliterary textT-S Ar.39.338

    Bifolio from a magical booklet. Many spells/recipes are given here, including against fever and leprosy and for coitus.

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  28. 78Paraliterary textT-S Ar.43.185

    Talisman for safe journey. (Information from Goitein's index cards.) Oded Zinger adds (January 2025): the verso text labels the talisman as being about "the passing …

    Recto, left margin

    1. מכמו . .
    2. רשעים
    3. יחד
    4. אנכי
    5. עד אעבור

    Recto

    1. בשמ רחמ אדא טלב אנסאן ימשי פי טריק קריבה או בעידה
    2. יאכד סבעה חצאיאת עלי אסם שבעה נביאים
    3. א…

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  29. 79Paraliterary textT-S Ar.46.214b

    There are 10 unrelated fragments sharing this shelfmark. All are literary: see FGP for identifications. The most documentary fragment is fol. 4, which is a …

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  30. 80Paraliterary textT-S Ar.51.95

    Magical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic. One of the pages features a large diagram of the human body, captioned "ghulām al-malik Saydūk," and two smaller figurines. (Information …

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  31. 81Paraliterary textT-S AS 126.9

    Instructions for a magical spell in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  32. 82Paraliterary textT-S AS 143.26 + ENA NS 73.12

    Magical amulets to protect against scorpions, designed to be worn rolled up in an amulet case around the neck. The magician has repeatedly copied the …

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  33. 83Paraliterary textT-S AS 145.188

    Magical fragment, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic.

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  34. 84Paraliterary textT-S AS 147.194

    Magic. Shimush Tehilim

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  35. 85Paraliterary textT-S AS 147.198

    Magical text, written in a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. "Chapter on separation (furqa): write it on gazelle parchment and put it in a …

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  36. 86Paraliterary textT-S AS 149.193

    Magical fragment in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic and nomina barbara. Mentioning scorpions and pain/illness.

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  37. 87Paraliterary textT-S AS 153.251

    Magical text, mentioning ‘the people of Babel’ (ahl Bābil) and the Neguš. Magical drawing on verso. Looks like the same hand as T-S AS 145.71 …

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  38. 88Literary textT-S AS 154.270

    Magical spells and procedures written in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Mentioning Islamic content including reciting Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ; and "al-lawḥ al-maḥfūẓ." Also invocations of magical names and …

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  39. 89Literary textT-S AS 180.7

    Verso: Beginning of a literary treatise on 'the secrets of incantations' (asrār al-nīranjāt). On recto there is an unidentified text in Hebrew script.

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  40. 90Paraliterary textT-S AS 204.317

    Magical fragment in Aramaic and perhaps some Judaeo-Arabic.

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  41. 91Paraliterary textT-S AS 204.320

    Magical fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. For getting rid of an enemy.

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  42. 92Paraliterary textT-S K 1.132

    Recipes for פתיחת לב, for love, for hate, to know if a woman will become pregnant, for invisibility and salvation from dangers on the road, …

    Page two, per editors (folio 1, recto, right side)

    1. (For) opening of the heart.

    2. Take a new bowl and write

    3. for 3 days, every day these names,

    4. w…

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  43. 93Paraliterary textT-S K1.150

    Verso and bottom of recto: Amulet(s) for Makārim b. Nujūm to give him charm and grace and to silence his enemies. (Information from CUDL.)

    1. May God make eternal the reign of the exalted seat, the [mighty] lord, [(commander of) the armies, sword (of Islam),]

    2. the defender (of mankind), …

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  44. 94Paraliterary textT-S Misc.27.4.11

    Magical or esoteric text. Mainly in Hebrew and Aramaic.

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  45. 95Paraliterary textT-S NS 33.106

    Goralot (Lots)

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  46. 96Paraliterary textT-S NS 292.66

    Magic recipe.

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  47. 97Paraliterary textT-S NS 292.80

    Magic recipe.

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  48. 98Paraliterary textT-S NS 297.90

    Magical text.

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  49. 99Paraliterary textT-S NS 321.85

    Recto: Colophon by Evyatar b. Ṭoviyya. The text below reads: בתאריך יום צום אלצגיר קלת נעים למכין אבנהא יא מצרוב באלצט אה אה אה. Verso …

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  50. 100Paraliterary textT-S NS 321.96

    An amulet destined to silence the woman's opponents, particularly Abu al-Surur. The two people in question may perhaps be identified with a married couple mentioned …

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