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Literary textAIU VI.B.42
Bifolium from a magical work with sexual and obstetric prescriptions.
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Literary textAIU VI.B.44
Bifolium from a magical work, including illustrations of Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof.
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Literary textAIU VI.B.64 + AIU VI.B.66
Magical/kabbalistic recipes for useful purposes such as protection against thieves or blinding and/or killing one's enemies. Labeled page 238. Same scribe as AIU VI.B.78 + …
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Literary textAIU VI.B.88
Judaeo-Arabic instructions for making amulets to be hung up, drawing on the power of Quranic verses (e.g. 53:1 والنجم اذا هوى). There is also one …
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Literary textAIU VI.B.91
Several fragments from a kabbalistic and/or magical work.
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Literary textAIU VI.B.94
Bifolium from a kabbalistic and/or magical work in Judaeo-Arabic as well as Hebrew and Aramaic.
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Literary textAIU VI.B.102
Bifolium of magical recipes for diverse problems, many medical. E.g., against fever: recite Psalm 34 over olive oil and anoint yourself ("effective if God wills").
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List or tableAIU VI.B.104
Recto (verso as catalogued): Accounts in Arabic, including the line "[...] that went with the fleet." Verso: Magical instructions in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic.
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Literary textAIU VI.B.112
Recto: Love spells in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Verso: An Aramaic prayer and geomancy markings.
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Literary textAIU VI.B.159 + T-S NS 254.55 + T-S NS 322.99
A bizarre treatise entitled Mar'e Ha-Ofanim, referring both to the angels of Ezekiel's vision and to the circles described in the treatise. It gives instructions …
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Literary textAIU VI.B.166
A page of instructions for harming an enemy through magical/kabbalistic means, including with the 72-letter name of God.
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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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Paraliterary 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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Paraliterary textENA NS 83.147
Magical fragment in Arabic script, including a spell for 'inflaming' (tahyīj).
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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 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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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 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 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 textT-S NS 107.3
Magical fragment containing elaborate and vehement curses.
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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 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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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 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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Paraliterary textENA 1822A.101
Left fragment: Magical text with the header ללמטלקה = for the divorcee
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Paraliterary textMoss. Ia,26.2
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 …
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[ח] [א] [ו]
- [ג] [ה] ז
- ד ט ב
- [הוציאה מ[מסגר נפשי להודות את שמיך בי יכתירו [צדיקים כי תגמול עלי]
- אחר לעינא בישתא בשם אל חולים ויסיר מן [פ'ב'פ'…
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Legal documentT-S 8J32.6
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 …
- י]עתמד רבי משה בר מרנא לוי החזן אהוב
- הישיבה שצ אחצאר אלשיך הלאל בן אברהים
- נע ושריכה דאוד [ואמראתה וזוגתה] אלי בית
- דין מע כצמה אלשיך יעקוב ואן תאכר ע…
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Paraliterary textENA 2643.17
Tables for divination in Arabic script. Late.
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Paraliterary textENA 3903.2
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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Paraliterary textENA 2858.29
Magical text. Written in a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic.
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Paraliterary textENA 3141.1
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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Paraliterary textENA 3773.4
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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Paraliterary textENA 3926.6
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. Recto: …
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List or tableT-S Misc.10.122
Recto: Accounts in Arabic. Verso: Formulary for a love spell in Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
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Paraliterary textJRL SERIES B 2892
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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LetterT-S NS J223
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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