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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S 12.41
Magical formulary containing unusual curses on anyone pilfering a Torah scroll donated by a person on his death-bed. It contains the names of ten angels …
הקדיש זה המצחף מ ור פל בר פל חלקו עם שבע כתות של צדיקים 1
בגן עדן וערסו תחת עץ החיים והספר התורה(!) הזה הוא קודש לה 2
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Paraliterary textT-S 10J7.9
Detailed instructions for dealing with a feverish condition, written in a good hand and betraying the practice of magic. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
בשמך רח 1
האדא אלגליאן יערף בגליאן סויד יה/ו/דין ואעלם 2
רחמך אללה אן סויד הדא שיך אצפר נחיף אלגס…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S Ar.43.185
Talisman for safe journey. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
בשמ רחמ אדא טלב אנסאן ימשי פי טריק קריבה או בעידה 1
יאכד סבעה חצאיאת עלי אסם שבעה נביאים 2
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S Ar.51.95
Magical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic. One of the pages features a large diagram of the human body, captioned "ghulām al-malik Saydūk," and two smaller figurines. (Information …
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Literary textENA 4101.18a
Recto: The Book of Gathering the Winds. In Hebrew. See Goitein's index card for more information.
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Literary textENA 4101.18a
Verso: In a script different from recto, a page from a magical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic, with a colophon, Iyyar 1146 CE (4906 AM). See Goitein's …
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LetterENA NS 69.17
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions al-Ḥakīm Abū l-Barakāt and having received two letters containing matters of accursed magic (al-siḥr al-mayshūm). Regards to the writer's brother …
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View document detailsParaliterary textBL OR 5525.1
A very large magical fragment with copious Coptic text and scattered phrases in (poor) Greek. Thanks to Professor Maria Mavroudi for identifying the languages, and …
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View document detailsParaliterary textBL OR 5561A.3
An unusually neat and pristine amulet (possibly late, possibly never used) for the healing and protection of Eliyyahu b. Sarah.
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View document detailsParaliterary textBL OR 5566C.8
A Judaeo-Arabic magical spell of some kind, probably malevolent, for "binding" somebody. The female victim's name is meant to be filled in in lines 5/6. …
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View document detailsParaliterary textBL OR 10578E.19
Magical instructions in Judaeo-Arabic, e.g. for getting pregnant or healing a scorpion sting.
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View document detailsParaliterary textBL OR 10578G.40
Very faded, perhaps magical incantations? Mentions angels' names, demons, plague, quotes Song of Songs 8:7.
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Paraliterary textT-S Misc.27.4.11
Magical or esoteric text. Mainly in Hebrew and Aramaic.
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S NS 321.107
Amulet with tehillim.
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S NS 321.85
REcto: colophon of non-magical text. written by Evyatar b. Tuvia. The text below reads: בתאריך יום צום אלצגיר קלת נעים למכין אבנהא יא מצרוב באלצט …
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S NS 321.96
An amulet destined to silence the woman's opponents, particularly Abu al-Surur. The two people in question may perhaps be identified with a married couple mentioned …
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S NS 33.106
Goralot (Lots)
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S NS 324.145
Magical recipe. To make X love Y? Mixture of Hebrew and Arabic characters (FGP)
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S NS 324.33
Dream interpretation. (FGP)
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S NS 324.61
Magical recipes to release someone from prison, heal a sick person, make a barren woman pregnant, etc. Information from Gideon Bohak via FGP.
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S NS 324.76a + T-S NS 324.76b
Magic. "Hekh-type names דבצביב הוא יהו יהוה הֹגֹ גבגביב... עמעמירון... לפלפירון וכו." Information from FGP.
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S NS 324.76b + T-S NS 324.76a
Magic. "Hekh-type names דבצביב הוא יהו יהוה הֹגֹ גבגביב... עמעמירון... לפלפירון וכו." Information from FGP.
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S NS 324.78
Magic. In Aramaic. "Adjuration to open a door (תרעא), lock (קופל...סוגר). A ref. to יעמדו על הר הזיתים." Information from FGP.
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S NS 324.87b + T-S NS 324.87a
Dream interpretation
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View document detailsParaliterary textJRL SERIES B 5247
Fragment with text in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly magical: nār... ʿazīmatī... al-iqfāl.
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S AS 204.317
Magical fragment in Aramaic and perhaps some Judaeo-Arabic.
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S AS 204.320
Magical fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. For getting rid of an enemy.
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View document detailsLiterary textBL OR 10234.1–7
Book of magical spells. In Hebrew. Some recipes attributed (erroneously) to Maimonides.
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View document detailsLiterary textBL OR 5565C.12
Leaf from a Judaeo-Arabic treatise containing magical instructions (ʿazā'im) including for summoning Sar ha-Torah to grant your wishes and for ḍarb al-mandal ('prophesying while contemplating …
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View document detailsLiterary textBL OR 5563H.37
Magical instructions and diagrams in Judaeo-Arabic.
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View document detailsParaliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/3
Magical fragment, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic and Aramaic.
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View document detailsParaliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/15b
Formulary for a magical spell. Small fragment.
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Unknown typeCUL Or.1080 14.13 + CUL Or.1080 14.25
Eight lines of mysterious strings of Arabic letters and numbers. Likely but not definitively a join with CUL Or.1080 14.25.
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View document detailsParaliterary textCUL Or.1080 15.76
Magical recipes in two different hands, including for the protection of Yosef b. Me'ir. (Information from FGP)
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Paraliterary textCUL Or.1080 14.25 + CUL Or.1080 14.13
Mysterious strings of Arabic letters and numbers along with two diagrams. One diagram has a caption, stating that it protects a person against iron and …
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Paraliterary textMoss. VI,9.1
Magical text in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic. Mentions dream reading.
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Paraliterary textMoss. VI,9.3
Magical text in Hebrew and Arabic script.
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Paraliterary textMoss. VI,14.1
Magical text in Judaeo-Arabic.
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Paraliterary textMoss. VI,14.2
Magical text in Hebrew script.
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View document detailsParaliterary textMoss. VI,14.3
Magical text in Hebrew script.
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Paraliterary textMoss. VI,14.5
Magical text in Hebrew.
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Paraliterary textMoss. VI,15.1
Magical text in Hebrew script.
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Paraliterary textMoss. VI,15.2
Magical text in Hebrew script.
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Paraliterary textMoss. VI,17.1
Magical text in Judaeo-Arabic.
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Paraliterary textMoss. VI,21.1
Magical text in Hebrew script. Probably late.
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Paraliterary textMoss. VI,22.2
Magical recipes in Hebrew, including for sleep and for headache (shaqīqa).
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Paraliterary textENA NS 73.12 + T-S AS 143.26
Amulet against scorpions: same spell as the ones in T-S AS 143.26, except with two more magical names and no illustration. On verso there is …
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S Ar.46.214b
There are 10 unrelated fragments sharing this shelfmark. All are literary: see FGP for identifications. The most documentary fragment is fol. 4, which is a …
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View document detailsLiterary textT-S Ar.30.241
Magical treatise in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic.
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View document detailsParaliterary textT-S Ar.30.45
The remnants of 8 pages of magical instructions in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic; only the parts closes to the central crease/binding have survived. ASE.
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