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  1. 1Literary textBL OR 5557B.16

    Astrological text in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew liturgical text.

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  2. 2Paraliterary textENA 3918.7

    Astrological text in Arabic. Cites Ptolemy.

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  3. 3Paraliterary textJRL SERIES B 2980

    Astrological composition in Judaeo-Arabic, in both black ink and red ink.

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  4. 4Literary textT-S Ar.30.168

    Astrological text, divided into sections, each dealing with an aspect of life. In Judaeo-Arabic. Information from Baker/Polliack catalog.

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  5. 5State documentT-S NS 184.24

    Formal-looking letter apparently from an astrologer to a vizier (سيدنا الوزير الاجل). In Arabic script. Dating: Probably Fatimid, 11th or 12th century. Quite damaged. Opens …

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  6. 6Paraliterary textENA 4193.18

    Astrological text in Arabic script, with interspersed words transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic (late hand) in the spaces between the lines. This demonstrates that even some Jews …

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    1. من يوم الاحد وان اردت الهياجان

    2. ففي ساعة المريخ من يوم الجمعة وهي

    3. سادس ساعة منه وان اردت

    4. تحرق قلبه ففي ساعة الزهرة من

    5. يوم الثلاثا وهي …

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    1. On Sunday. If you intend to provoke/agitate (him/someone)

    2. then in the hours of Mars on Friday which is

    3. The sixth hour of the day and if y…

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  7. 7Paraliterary textENA NS 83.119

    Recto: Names of planets in Judaeo-Arabic, scribbled out. Verso: Geomancy markings.

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  8. 8Paraliterary textT-S 12.512

    Carefully executed horoscope, written out by the cantor and court clerk Hillel b. Eli (ca. 1066-1100) and most probably ordered from a professional astrologer. (Information …

    1. בשמ [רח]מ נעש ונצליח
    2. כאנת] אלולאדה אלסעידה באדן אללה פי אלוקת
    3. אל ] מחתום פי אליום אלאחד אול יום מן דו אלח[גה]
    4. וואפקת אלולאדה ארת[פאע] פי סת[ה וס]תין…

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  9. 9Paraliterary 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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  10. 10Paraliterary 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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  11. 11Paraliterary textT-S K1.17

    Leaf 1: end of a discussion of the cycles of each planet and their astrological importance, followed by a description of each of the planets. …

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  12. 12List or tableT-S K3.19

    Astrological/astronomical jottings in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  13. 13Paraliterary textT-S Misc.8.23

    Forecasts based on the day of the week something falls on. Uses the Coptic calendar. Every entry ends "wallāhu aʿlam." Distinguishes between the forecast for …

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  14. 14Literary textT-S Misc.27.4.16

    Literary text in Arabic script. Astrological/astronomical. Mentions Saggitarius (burj al-qaws) several times.

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  15. 15Paraliterary textT-S NS 190.125

    Astrological text in Judaeo-Arabic. One of the horoscopes predicts something about a dark woman with pimples (bathr) on her face and getting enchanted (wa-lā budd …

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  16. 16List or tableBodl. MS Heb. d 74/32

    Detailed astrological table in Judaeo-Arabic. Gives the auspicious days for such activities as "demanding rights," "imḍā' al-dīwān" (?), and going to the bathhouse. ASE

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  17. 17Literary textCUL Or.1080 6.27

    Arabic booklet on astrological prognostications.

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  18. 18Literary textENA 3922.2

    Astrological text. Writing exercises in Arabic script. A list of planets, the moon, and the sun in various configurations. Most of the lines begin with …

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  19. 19Literary textT-S K14.47

    12 pages of astrological/medical prognostications—horoscopes for male and female. E.g., "Mazal sarṭan lineqeva. La ke su mazal es en sartan sera fermosa de forma y …

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  20. 20Literary textT-S NS 264.57

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic work on the seasons and weather and prognostications.

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  21. 21Literary textAIU VIII.B.18

    Medical treatise in Hebrew, 8 pages, with magical/astrological/demonic elements.

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  22. 22Literary textBodl. MS heb. f 18/51 + Bodl. MS heb. f 18/52 + Bodl. MS heb. f 18/53

    Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Giving alchemical recipes, occult correspondences between celestial objects and metals (called ʿaqāqīr), and handy recipes for getting stains, e.g. saffron stains, …

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  23. 23Paraliterary textCUL Or.1080 14.19

    Diagrams, text, and calculations of an astrological/astronomical nature, perhaps also magical. Arabic, late.

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  24. 24Paraliterary textT-S K2.51

    Description of disasters, famines and frightful events due to happen in each of the Jewish months, mentioning the Jews and their slavery, the Arabs and …

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  25. 25Paraliterary textT-S K2.65

    Predictions of events that will happen if the tequfot of Tishri and Nisan occur in particular hours of the day or night, in the form …

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  26. 26State documentENA NS 39.10

    Recto: Two lines in Arabic script, probably a petition to a Fatimid vizier "mawlāy al-wazīr al-ajall ṣafiyy amīr al-muʾminīn wa-khāliṣatuh." In Judaeo-Arabic, between the lines …

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  27. 27Paraliterary textT-S 10J22.6

    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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  28. 28LetterT-S 16.307

    Letter from a man, in al-Maḥalla, to his son or younger relative. In Judaeo-Arabic, elegantly written. Lines 1-4: A Judaeo-Arabic poem, damaged. Lines 5-12: Opening …

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    1. ו[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]רב לא ע[
    2. ופארקת שיכא כנת א[. . . .]בה ארא בעדה אלאיאם והי ליאלי
    3. לאן קרב אללה אל . . א בעד הדה ו…

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