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201Paraliterary textENA 3773.4
Primary languages
Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Magical fragment. From top down: 1 line of names in Hebrew (Elʿazar, Hillel, Shela, Yefet, ʿEli); 4 rows of magical symbols; 1 line in Judaeo-Arabic, …
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202Paraliterary textHalper 452
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Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic
Prescriptions or recipes in Judaeo-Arabic and Aramaic. "Instructions, mostly in Judeo-Arabic for preparations of different remedies. In the margin of the recto are instructions for …
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203Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110c/2
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Hebrew, Yiddish
Spell for protection while traveling. Very late. Verso is full of Yiddish text, probably related.
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204Legal documentT-S 8J32.6
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Judaeo-Arabic
Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi agrees to bring to court a husband and his wife, the latter being accused of frightening another man's wife with practices …
1. י]עתמד רבי משה בר מרנא לוי החזן אהוב
2. הישיבה שצ אחצאר אלשיך הלאל בן אברהים
3. נע ושריכה דאוד [ואמראתה וזוגתה] אלי בית
4. דין מע כצמה אלשיך יעקוב ואן תאכר ע…
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205LetterT-S NS J223
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Judaeo-Arabic
Note from Abū Thābit al-Ṣayrafī to a certain Rabbenu Shemuel asking him to declare a ban of excommunication against whoever cast a spell on someone …
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206List or tableT-S Misc.10.122
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Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Accounts in Arabic. Verso: Formulary for a love spell in Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
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207Paraliterary textJRL SERIES B 2892
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Hebrew
A love spell/amulet for {Ḥayyim the son of ʿAzīza} and {Senyora the daughter of {Ashkenaz and {Sara the daughter of {Senyora and {Ḥayyim the son …
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208Paraliterary textENA 3926.6
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Arabic, Hebrew
Magical recipe written in Arabic and Hebrew. The Arabic script reads "ṣifa kāghaḍa (=kāghadh) saḥiḥa wa-hiya lā tataghayyar wa-taṣnaʿ minhā mā shiʾt" on verso. Part …
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209Paraliterary textT-S K1.115
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Latin
A transliterated Latin prayer (borrowed from a Christian thief-catching ordeal), an Arabic version of a gnostic saying of Secundus the Silent Philosopher, a Hebrew praise …
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210Paraliterary textT-S K12.89
Magical recipes for attaining love. "The first among these magical recipes is intended to ensure a great affection between a wife and her husband, erasing …
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2. [ ] כל סטנא שיש [ב]לבו יהפך לאהבה וירחם יתה וישא חן וחסד
3. [ כיו]סף בפני פרעה מלך מצרים וכאסתר לפני המלך אחשורוש
4. [ ] פ'ב'פ' תשא חן וחסד ויק…
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2. [...] May every hatred that there is in his heart turn to love, and may he love her and have grace and favour [...]
3. [like J]oseph in front of …
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211Literary textCUL Or.1080 9.7
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Arabic
Recipes, probably medical or alchemical, in Arabic script, accompanied with pious invocations and some magical characters.
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212Literary textCUL Or.1080 14.27
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Arabic
Bifolium from an Arabic work, mostly consisting of prayers and verses from the Quran and names of God, but also including a line of probably-magical …
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213Paraliterary textENA 2643.17
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Arabic
Tables for divination in Arabic script. Late.
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214Paraliterary textBL OR 5565C.17
Primary language
Arabic
Recto: An amulet or talisman for protection, beginning with a chapter on charms and protections "bāb al-ḥirz l-aʿẓam". Verso: Magical recipe or charm involving an …
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215Literary textAIU VIII.B.68
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Hebrew
Page from a Hebrew paramedical treatise. One of the remaining sections is on the segulot/virtues of various parts of the hoopoe.
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216Paraliterary textENA 2858.29
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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Magical text. Written in a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic.
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217Paraliterary textENA 3141.1
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Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Magical text written in a striking melange of Hebrew script, Arabic script, and nonsense script. The main instructions are in Judaeo-Arabic. The practitioner is to …
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218Literary textENA 2712.49
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Hebrew, Ladino
A leaf from a book of segulot in Ladino and Hebrew.
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219Literary textAIU VI.C.5
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Hebrew
Leaf from a magical treatise, including illustrations of Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof.
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220Paraliterary textENA 3903.2
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Arabic
Document in Arabic script. Two very narrow vertical strips filled with rudimentary Arabic script. Likely magical, but this is based entirely on appearance rather than …
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221Paraliterary textT-S NS 323.5
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Aramaic, Hebrew
Amulet to make Yosef b. Amira (also known as Yosef b. Efrayim) return quickly to Fustat. The angels are called upon to not let him …
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222Paraliterary textAIU VI.C.23
Primary language
Hebrew
Kabbalistic menora surrounded by floral motifs composed of micrography. Visually arresting. Also massive: 51.5 x 37 cm and missing at least ⅓ from the top.
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223Paraliterary textAIU VI.B.31
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Hebrew
Magical amulet, to be hung up it seems (scalloped top edge, like a plaque), with the formula "Senoy Sansenoy Semangelof Adam ve-Hava Lilit Hutz." In …
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224Paraliterary textAIU VI.C.9
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Hebrew
Magical amulet, to be hung up it seems (scalloped top edge, like a plaque), with the formula "Senoy Sansenoy Semangelof Adam ve-Hava Lilit ḥuṣ." Same …
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225Paraliterary textMoss. Ia,26.2
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Hebrew
Magical text copied by Ibn Yiju, probably in Yemen around 1135. The text begins with a magical square (cf. sudoku) of which every line, row …
III, 59
[ח] [א] [ו]
1. [ג] [ה] ז
2. ד ט ב
3. [הוציאה מ[מסגר נפשי להודות את שמיך בי יכתירו [צדיקים כי תגמול עלי]
4. אחר לעינא בישתא בשם אל חולים ויסיר מן [פ'ב'פ'…
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226Paraliterary textT-S Ar.34.153
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Arabic
Occult text in Arabic script. Mentions the jinns, the shayāṭīn, al-waswās al-khannās (from Quran 114:4).
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227Paraliterary textT-S K1.140
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Hebrew, Nomina barbara
Amulet to protect Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen gaʾon b. Shelomo gaʾon (1127–39 CE), destroy his political enemies, and succeed before the government. (Information from CUDL)
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228Unknown typeX893.16 Se35
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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, Judaeo-Persian
Notebook with diverse contents. Late. There are several pages of detailed accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, and at least two pages of magical spells in Judaeo-Persian. ASE.
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229Paraliterary textT-S AS 162.51
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Arabic, Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic
Spell of destruction. In Judaeo-Arabic and Aramaic, with a postscript in Arabic script ("for killing, very useful"). See Niessen, F., & Bohak, G. (2007). ‘Destroy …
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230Paraliterary textBodl. MS heb. c 28/14
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Judaeo-Arabic
Magical spells, 1 for arousing love (tahayyuj) and 1 for binding someone's tongue (ʿaqd lisān). Probably in the hand of Abū Sahl Levi (see tag). …
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231Paraliterary textCUL Or.1080 14.19
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Arabic
Diagrams, text, and calculations of an astrological/astronomical nature, perhaps also magical. Arabic, late.
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232Literary textAIU VIII.B.16
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Judaeo-Arabic
Medical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic. Bifolium from a Judaeo-Arabic paramedical treatise on the virtues of various kinds of animal substances. ¶ . . . grind it …
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233Literary textAIU VIII.B.18
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Hebrew
Medical treatise in Hebrew, 8 pages, with magical/astrological/demonic elements.
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234Paraliterary textENA NS 36.17
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Judaeo-Arabic
Palimpsest. The earlier text is extremely faded; it is in Judaeo-Arabic and at least partially deals with recipes or prescriptions. The later text is also …
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235Paraliterary textAIU XII.168
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Arabic
An amulet in quirky Arabic script. The main section is Quran 3:18.
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236Legal documentT-S K1.66
Primary language
Aramaic
A magical deed of divorce (geṭ), from ʿImrān b. Mordekhay of Muʿizziyya (= New Cairo?) to Ḥabība bt. [...] followed by a spell to open …
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237List or tableT-S 20.144
Document date
603 Hijrī (8 August, 1206 – 27 July, 1207 CE)
Primary languages
Arabic, Coptic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Accounts in Arabic script with names and numbers arranged in neat columns. Needs examination. The space around this document has been filled with Judaeo-Arabic text …
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238Legal documentT-S K23.3.2
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Aramaic, Hebrew
Ketubba, Palestinian, dated to the 10th or early 11th century. Reused for a magical text in Hebrew. Unusually, the later scribe also wrote over the …
1. והוות לצלח בר [...]
2. לה מהר חולקיה [...]
3. בדרתה דאברהם [ה...] בר חות[ם(?) ...]
4. צפונה [דמיגו(?)] תרעא אתריה [...]
5. [ ] רשות הרבים ולעל [...]
6. מן בייתה(?)…
1. And she become [the wife] of Ṣulḥ b. […]
2. [and he gave/wrote] her as mohar the portions/his portion […]
3. in the house of Abraham […] b. Ḥota[m(?) …]
4. t…
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239Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110a/8
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Hebrew
Two or three amulets containing remarkable illustrations: a demon with a tail, tutu, scepter, horns, and curly hair; a seated woman; and a man being …
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240Paraliterary textT-S K2.4
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Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
P1: f. 1r: description of a dream dated 525 AH (= 1130 CE); f. 1v: alchemical recipe called ‘the operation of mixture’; f. 2r: invocation …
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241Legal documentT-S J3.23
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Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Book of legal formularies and some literary text. Bifolium. The spaces remaining at the bottom of two of the pages are filled in with magical …
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242Paraliterary textENA 3207.17
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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Magical recipes in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script and magical script. Including a birth control recipe: "If you want a woman not to become pregnant. . …
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243Paraliterary textENA 3982.36
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Arabic
Template fragment of a divination/magical charm starting with a few words of prayers followed by a spell: "fulān b. fulān". Then: 'blind his heart and …
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244Literary textT-S 12.47 + T-S K25.162 + T-S AS 159.195 + T-S NS 224.176
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Story of illicit love involving a woman named Hind and her husband, a man named Bishr and an old woman. Cf. H. T. Norris, "The …
T-S 12.47, recto:
1. פמתא מא ראך ואנתי שאבה לא יצבר קלבהו ען אלשהוא
2. . . רי מנה מא תחבין ולאכן סלי זוגיך מתא יכרג אלא ציעתה
3. פאכברני פטאבת נפס הנד בכלאם …
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245Paraliterary textT-S Ar.43.200
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Recipes for effecting desired results with Psalms (shimmush tehillim).
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1. בשם אל עולם שימוש תהילים
2. אשרי האיש יוכתב גמיע אלמזמור
3. עלי כזפה וידפן פי ברג חמאם
4. ינפע למרה תסקט באדן אללה
5. למה רגשו גויים
6. יוכתב ויועלק עלי מן …
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246Paraliterary textAIU VII.A.31
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Judaeo-Arabic
Bifolium, probably from a literary compendium. Dating: Late, possibly 18th or 19th century. Two of the pages are a story about a female slave and …
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- jesus
- love
- magic
- popular literature
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247Paraliterary textYevr.-Arab. II 1727
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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Magical fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: Unknown. It says Wednesday, 16 Adar 5005 AM, which is 1245 CE, but the scribe might have …
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- arabic script
- illness
- illness: mental
- illness: umm al-sibyan
- jinn
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248LetterENA 2634.2 + ENA 2634.1
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Hebrew
Letter from Mordekhai ha-Levi Mizraḥi, probably in Meron or Safed, to Agha Meir b. Eliyyahu, unknown location. The letter continues onto the upper part of …
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- 19th c
- agha
- amulet
- lira
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249LetterENA 2634.1 + ENA 2634.2
Document date
7 Av 5656 Anno Mundi (17 July, 1896 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Mordekhai ha-Levi Mizraḥi, probably in Meron or Safed, to Moshe Ḥayyim and Yiṣḥaq Ḥayyim, unknown location. This fragment also contains the end of …
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250Paraliterary textT-S 10J22.6
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Astrological instructions for a doctor regarding how to know the illness of a patient by using the constellation of the stars at the time of …
1. בשמ רחמ
2. הדא חסאב אלסאעאת אלז ואסאמיהא . .
3. אולהא חמה והו אלשמס אדא גאך אלסאיל
4. פי סאעה אלשמס פהו סעוד אן אוסיל ען
5. מריץ פאעלם אן מרצה חמי וחר וכרב
6. עלי …
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- abortion
- astrology
- illness
- illness: heartsickness
- illness: mental
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