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Literary textAIU VI.B.180
Bifolium from a book of magical recipes in Judaeo-Arabic.
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Literary textAIU VI.B.181
12 pages from a book of magic in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, also containing several line-and-stick illustrations.
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Paraliterary textAIU V.A.68
Perhaps an amulet: small, square piece of paper filled with calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic invocations of Gods' names and various prophets on both sides.
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104
Legal documentAIU XII.81
Statement in Arabic script ("aqūlu wa-anā...") made and signed by Hiba b. Mufaḍḍal al-Mutaṭabbib. Dated: 18 Shawwāl 628 AH = 19 August 1231 CE. It …
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Paraliterary textT-S Ar.44.198
Booklet of divinations with introduction. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
- הדא כתאב גליל יערף מנה אלטאלע
- בגיר חסאב ולא תעב בסר עטים
- מרתב בעלאמאת תטהר עגאיבה
- פאדא גאך אנסאן סאלך ען צמיר
- אצמר פי קלבה ליטהר סרה וחאלה
- קול לה אצ…
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Paraliterary textT-S Ar.46.137
Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Advice on how to succeed against enemies, on a journey, etc. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
- ירידו. גמך ומתלך מ/ת/ל באב מגלוק ואלנגאר
- קאעד יצלחה ואנת תרי אנך רגל באזל ולאכן
- אחדר אעדאך לאנהם אקוא מנך ואדעו אללה
- יכפיך מונתהם ויכלצך מן כל שרהם …
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107
Paraliterary textL-G Misc. 16 + T-S NS 322.73
Four columns of a Hebrew magical text about knowing the future. After fasting and cleansing the body, one should go to a field, pronounce some …
- שאמרו שם טהרה שם טומאה
- חס ושלום שיהיה בעולם שם טומאה
- אלא הכינוי כך הוא שם בטהרה ושם
- בטומאה שכן יזהר בכל מקום
- עשה בטהרה ותצלח והם ארבעה
- כנויות באמת ה…
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108
Paraliterary textENA 3682.7
Recto: Magical instructions in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: A page of magical letters encompassed by an ouroboros. (Information in part from Goitein's index card)
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109
Paraliterary textF 1908.44X
Amulet in Aramaic and Hebrew against various afflictions, such as "scare-crows of the night, afflictions, fever, ague, fear of evil, the voice, the crushing of …
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Paraliterary textT-S Ar.51.62
Folios 1v-2v (the fragment is conserved the wrong way round) contain Suras 1 and 2:1-10 from the Qur’an in Hebrew script, followed by omens for …
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Paraliterary textT-S K1.20
Recipe for an amulet, beginning with 6 word-triangles based on angel names (תקפיאל, רחמיאל, etc), followed by (in Aramaic) 'You holy names... Heal NN (1b)... …
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Paraliterary textENA 3956.2
Magical fragment. In Arabic script. Including epithets of God (Ḥayy, Qayyūm, Dā'im, Dayyūm, Huwa Huwa) and Quranic verses (idhā qaḍā amran innamā yaqūlu lahu kūn(!) …
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Paraliterary textENA NS 38.28
Magical fragment. In Arabic script, with pious Islamic phrases (incl. lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwa illā billāhi al-ʿaliyy al-ʿaẓīm). With stars of David.
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Literary textENA 2757.3
Magical spells. One folio from a larger booklet. In Arabic script. Possibly for arousing love (tahyīj al-ḥubb?). One of them is to be placed inside …
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Paraliterary textCUL Or.1081 1.27
Instructions for some sort of magical procedure. "Take seven pebbles, throw one in each of the four cardinal directions, and three will remain with you. …
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Paraliterary textT-S 6J3.9
Fragment from the Babylonian Jewish magical text Pišra de-Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa. (Information from CUDL.)
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Paraliterary textT-S Ar.21.109
Bifolium. One folio is a Judaeo-Arabic translation of Exodus 21:1-17, 27:20-28. The other folio is magical instructions in Arabic script. The first few lines of …
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Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.124
Formulary for a love spell (ʿazīma) in Judaeo-Arabic.
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Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.51
List of the names of the masters of wind, rain, and fire who have dominion in the four seasons of the year, presumably useful for …
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Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.91
Recto: astrology, mentioning ṣāḥib al-ṭāliʿ several times. Verso: a continuation of recto, transitioning into a formulary for a spell of some kind that involves burying …
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Paraliterary textT-S NS 226.175
Formularies for curses.
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Paraliterary textT-S Ar.7.36
Esoteric text in Judaeo-Arabic. May be magical ( "indeed you will be able to do whatever you wish to Khalaf b. Moshe") and/or for treasure-hunting …
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Paraliterary textT-S AS 145.71 + T-S Ar.30.81
Two interesting spells for binding demons to obey you. The handwriting is similar to that of the cantor Abu Sahl (Levi), father of Yedutun and …
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Paraliterary textT-S AS 147.146
Magic Recipes (fgp)
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125
Paraliterary textMoss. I,74.1
Two magical incantations against the evil eye. On the other three pages of the bifolium is a list of Torah and Prophets readings.
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Legal documentMoss. III,79.2
Ketubba fragment, with a lovely decoration in the header. The groom's father is named Shelomo. On verso there are magical remedies/incantations, including one against polyuria.
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Paraliterary textT-S NS 324.59
Magical recipes in Judaeo-Arabic (with some Arabic script and magical symbols). One recipe is for nosebleed and involves writing a spell with the blood on …
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Literary textT-S NS 322.73 + L-G Misc. 16
Introduction to a work on magic/telling the future, probably in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, probably a join with L-G Misc. 16.
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Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110c/3
Amulet in purple and yellow ink. Very late. Ashkenazi hand.
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Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110c/4
Amulet in purple and yellow ink. Very late. Ashkenazi hand.
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Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110c/5
Amulet. Very late.
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Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110c/6
Spells. Very late.
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Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110c/7
Amulets. Very late. Funky illustrations.
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Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110c/8
Amulet in purple and yellow ink. Very late. Ashkenazi hand.
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Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110c/9
Spells. Very late.
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Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110c/10
Recipes. In Hebrew. A mixture of magical spells, many medical, combined with domestic advice, e.g., how to remove urine stains. This fragment may be older …
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Paraliterary textENA 2713.43
Love spell in Judaeo-Arabic. For Esther bt. Nazlī to fall in love with Ḥayyim b. Barda. The hand looks late and possibly Iraqi—but that is …
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Paraliterary textT-S AS 204.318
Magical fragment in Arabic script. It seems for ḍarabān (throbbing) of something.
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Unknown typeENA NS 63.10
Document in unconnected Arabic script interspersed with cryptic symbols. Only the first few characters of each line are preserved. Perhaps magical. The fragment was reused …
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Paraliterary textENA NS 7.37
Formularies for a love (maḥabba) spell and a love (tahayyuj) potion (using סבנאדג, the brain of a colored pigeon, and some of your urine).
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Paraliterary textT-S NS 107.3
Magical fragment containing elaborate and vehement curses.
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Paraliterary textT-S Ar.34.268
Magical instructions, probably. Involving sex with a woman (fulāna bt. fulāna, ll.5–6). Needs further examination.
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Paraliterary textENA NS 15.15
Magical fragment in Hebrew and Aramaic calling down eternal fire.*
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Literary textCUL Or.1081 1.30
"The chapter of knowing the unknown (taʿallum al-ghayb)." One takes a certain animal on Shabbat, breaks open its back, and eats its heart while still …
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Paraliterary textT-S K24.24
Magical fragment, perhaps. Unidentified alphabet or cipher.
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Paraliterary textNLI 577.1/63
Prayer or magical fragment in Arabic script. Invokes Muḥammad and then has a string of magical characters. The lower fragment looks literary.
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Paraliterary textJRL SERIES A 643
Exorcism. In Hebrew. Late. The spirit of Nissim b. Bunya is commanded to leave the body of Qamr bt. Ruḥama, and it is decreed that …
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Paraliterary textJRL SERIES B 5682
The scorpion amulet attributed to Yehuda b. Yeḥezqel. Belongs with ENA NS 73.12 and T-S AS 143.26.
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Paraliterary textT-S K24.19
Magical spell in Hebrew, written in a cipher. Khatun the daughter of Qatzur adjures the jinn in her house to tell her where the gold …
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Paraliterary textT-S K24.23
Aggressive and erotic magical spells. Formulary. In Judaeo-Arabic, written in part with a cipher. Information from FGP
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