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  1. 1Literary textAIU XII.66

    Arabic poetry on longing and estrangement from loved ones with the rhyme (ravī) of ʿaīn.

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  2. 2Literary textAIU XII.138

    Arabic poetry.

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  3. 3Literary textAIU XII.119

    Arabic poetry.

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  4. 4Paraliterary textBL OR 5566D.27

    Recto: excerpts of Arabic poetry, transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic. The poem beginning in line 6 is credited to Qays b. al-Mulawwah (Majnun Layla) in some anthologies. …

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  5. 5Literary textT-S AS 146.116

    Verso: Arabic poetry, including a verse beginning "yā qalb." Recto: Hebrew poetry.

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  6. 6Literary textENA 3950.6

    Poems, probably. In Arabic script. There are also a couple lines of sums in Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  7. 7Literary textBL OR 5565D.8–11

    Four pages from an Arabic literary treatise on prosody (ʿilm al-ʿarūḍ).

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  8. 8Literary textBL OR 5565F.32

    Arabic poetry, calligraphic.

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  9. 9Literary textBL OR 5565G.32–35

    Arabic poetry.

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  10. 10Literary textBL OR 5565G.41

    Arabic poetry, probably.

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  11. 11Literary textBL OR 5565G.40 + T-S NS 224.170

    An Arabic poem transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic and prefaced as al-Baghīḍī's deathbed advice/testament for his son. See these articles for more information about the poet (also …

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  12. 12Literary textBL OR 5565D.12–13

    Arabic poetry.

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  13. 13Literary textT-S Ar.38.46

    Two poems in Arabic script.

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  14. 14Literary textAIU XII.67

    Arabic poetry.

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  15. 15Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 276

    Arabic poetry: a close variant of this poem, praising the tongue/speech over other forms of beautyرأيت العز في أدب وعقل وفي الجهل المذلة والهوانوماحسن الرجال …

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  16. 16Literary textT-S Ar.30.41

    Both sides consist of Arabic poetry transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic. There is an interesting albeit damaged postscript in a different handwriting (but conceivably the same scribe) …

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  17. 17Literary textT-S Ar.30.5

    Recto: several lines of Arabic poetry transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic. A few words from the same poems are also written out in Arabic on the page …

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  18. 18Literary textT-S Ar.30.71

    Recto: The same love poem in both Judaeo-Arabic (above) and Arabic (below). Verso: More Arabic love poetry that has been transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic. ASE.

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  19. 19Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.61

    Recto: Arabic poetry transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic (helpfully headed "this is poetry"). Verso: An obscure incantation (?) in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs further examination. ASE.

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  20. 20Literary textT-S Ar.30.68

    Recto: Arabic love poetry transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: One very faded line in Arabic, then in Hebrew characters, "Abu Sa'id b. Muslim." ASE.

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  21. 21Literary textJRL Series L 161

    Several stanzas of Judaeo-Arabic poetry, at least partly about wine; late.

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  22. 22Literary textT-S Ar.39.218

    Arabic poetry.

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  23. 23Literary textT-S AS 122.286

    Poem in Arabic and an unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  24. 24Literary textT-S NS 297.34

    Love poetry. In Arabic script. To the effect that passion is a terrible disease whose only cure is union. On verso there are 6 unidentified …

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  25. 25Literary textT-S Misc.10.70

    Bifolio containing poetry in both Arabic script and Hebrew.

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  26. 26Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 169

    Remnant of an Arabic poem attested in literary sources (رمى الحدثان نسوة آل حرب بمقدار سمدن له سمودا فرد شعورهن السود بيضا ورد وجوههن البيض …

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  27. 27Literary textJRL Series L 178

    Several pages of Judaeo-Arabic poetry on religious themes.

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    • 1+2 / 6 leaves (3 x 3 conjoined), recto
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  28. 28List or tableT-S Ar.30.230

    Account ledger filled with Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic entries. Several pages. Merits examination. Includes on one page an Arabic poem transcribed into Hebrew characters (the …

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  29. 29Unknown typeBL OR 10118.29

    Piyyutim with four lines in Arabic script afterward. Possibly poetry (anā l-gharīb alladhī. . .)

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  30. 30Literary textENA 2558.31a

    Panygeric prasing the leaders (negidim) of the Jewish community. Mentioned are Elʿazar, Yefet, and ʿUziel and later also ʿOvadya. There is also a single line …

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  31. 31Literary textBodl. MS heb. f 56/27

    Hebrew poetry. In a familiar hand. There is one line of Arabic script at the bottom of each page; one of them is clearly Arabic …

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  32. 32Literary textCUL Or.1080 14.24 + CUL Or.1080 14.15

    From a diwan of Arabic poetry dating from 1847/48 CE.

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  33. 33Literary textCUL Or.1080 14.15 + CUL Or.1080 14.24

    Poem in elegant Arabic script followed by a curious note: (the poet and/or scribe?) "Mukhliṣ al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad Hādī l-Islām Iyādi (?) was …

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  34. 34Literary textAIU XII.94

    A damaged page from a diwan, probably, of Arabic poetry

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  35. 35Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 446

    Literary text, poetry, in Arabic script. Mentions forbearance during harsh times and seekers of knowledge. Needs examination.

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  36. 36Literary textT-S NS 274.48

    Arabic poetry. Needs examination.

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  37. 37Literary textT-S Ar.40.47

    Verso: Amorous poetry in Arabic script and accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning "white" and "red" commodities weighed in ounces, a kind of stone, mercury, and the …

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  38. 38Literary textT-S Ar.19.3

    One side: A muwashshaḥ by al-Aʿmā al-Tuṭīlī (d. 1126). The other side: More difficult to read, but also contains poetic phrases (ḥumrat al-ward...). ASE.

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  39. 39Literary textT-S Ar.30.85

    Arabic poems transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic. A version of the second of them is still circulating in online forums, attribution unclearتغيرت الايام وانقلب الدهرو ~ وصار …

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  40. 40State documentT-S Ar. 40.151

    Writing/calligraphic exercises in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic and Arabic. Recto, upper right quadrant: Formulae beginning with אדאם אללה and ادام الله in Judeo-Arabic and Arabic. Upper left …

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  41. 41Literary textT-S Ar.42.155

    Love poetry, in Arabic script. The name of the beloved is Buthayna and the lover is Jamīl. The poem is written in verse form on …

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  42. 42Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 421

    A version of the muwashshaḥ known as "al-ʿArūs" ("The Bride") attributed to the poet Ibn Ghazala al-Maghribī, a contemporary (and vizier?) of the Almohad caliph …

    1. التا(؟) وامتـ[
    2. رب ذات ليلة ز[رتها وقد نامت والرقيب
    3. في غفلة والنجوم قد [مالت رمت منها قبلة
    4. عند ضمها قالت [قرقر واهدا لا تكون
    5. متعدي تكسر الـ[ـنبالة
    6. وت…

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  43. 43Legal documentAIU XII.90

    Legal document in Arabic script. Only the witness signatures are preserved, e.g., ʿAlī b. ʿAbdallāh and Bū Bakr [...] b. ʿAbdallāh. Verso: love poetry also …

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  44. 44Literary textT-S NS 327.54

    A narrative poem in Arabic script. Seems to be a humorous dialogue (including phrases such as "fa-qāma yaḍḥak...").

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  45. 45List or tableT-S Ar.39.491

    Verso: Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic book list, consisting of names of tractates and other titles. On recto there is classical Arabic poetry (not a letter). Dating: …

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  46. 46Literary textBL Or. 5565G.32 + BL Or. 5565G.33 + BL Or. 5565G.34

    Literary text, compilation of poetry (dīwān). A portion from the long didactic poem (originally of around 90 verses) stretching through five pages from the dīwān …

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  47. 47Literary textT-S Ar. 42.47

    Poetry. Extract from Abu l-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Sulaymān al-Maʿarrī’s (d. 449/1058) al-Luzūmiyyāt.

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  48. 48LetterBL OR 5566B.16

    On recto, the bottom of a letter (official letter? formulary?) in Arabic script. The writer thanks the addressee in the concluding lines quoting two verses …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اما لك يا ذا المحب دوآ بلا عند بعض الناس منك شفاء
    3. اسير العدا بالمال يفديه اهله وما لاسير الغانيات فداء

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    1. اشعار..…

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  49. 49Literary textT-S NS 297.177

    Poetry in Arabic script. Recto is all one poem rhymed on -bī. There is an intriguing verse in which a speaker "swears by the Torah.... …

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  50. 50LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/53

    Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Aharon ha-Kohen to the parnas ʿEli b. Ḥayyim ha-Kohen (Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh). Opens with a verse of Arabic poetry …

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    1. בשמך
    2. אן יכן אלאיאם פרק ביננא פמן דא אלדי מן ריבה[[ן]] סלים פארקה
    3. מולאי אלפרנס אלגליל אדאם אללה עזה ועלאה מן תופיקה
    4. לא אכלאה ואלקלוב אליה תאיקה…

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    • 53 recto
    • 53 verso
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