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אין רשומות קשורות
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 …
This codex was dedicated by Our Master Rabbi N son of N, may his share be with the seven classes of the righteous
on Paradise, and may his plac…
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Magical formulary in Judaeo-Arabic and Aramaic.
Magical formulae in Arabic script. (Information from Wissem Gueddich via FGP.)
Bifolio from a magical booklet. Many spells/recipes are given here, including against fever and leprosy and for coitus.
דיון אחד
Talisman for safe journey. (Information from Goitein's index cards.) Oded Zinger adds (January 2025): the verso text labels the talisman as being about "the passing …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
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 …
Instructions for a magical spell in Judaeo-Arabic.
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 …
Magic. Shimush Tehilim
Magical spells and procedures written in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Mentioning Islamic content including reciting Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ; and "al-lawḥ al-maḥfūẓ." Also invocations of magical names and …
Verso: Beginning of a literary treatise on 'the secrets of incantations' (asrār al-nīranjāt). On recto there is an unidentified text in Hebrew script.
Recipes for פתיחת לב, for love, for hate, to know if a woman will become pregnant, for invisibility and salvation from dangers on the road, …
(For) opening of the heart.
Take a new bowl and write
for 3 days, every day these names,
…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Verso and bottom of recto: Amulet(s) for Makārim b. Nujūm to give him charm and grace and to silence his enemies. (Information from CUDL.)
May God make eternal the reign of the exalted seat, the [mighty] lord, [(commander of) the armies, sword (of Islam),]
the defender (of mankind),…
תרגום אחד
Goralot (Lots)
Magic recipe.
Recto: Colophon by Evyatar b. Ṭoviyya. The text below reads: בתאריך יום צום אלצגיר קלת נעים למכין אבנהא יא מצרוב באלצט אה אה אה. Verso …
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 …