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Leaf from the beginning of Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī.

Ḥamdala and ṣalwala from the bottom of a state document. Reused for Judaeo-Arabic calendrical text.

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 a mirror-like surface').

Leaf from a Judaeo-Arabic treatise on prognostication or horoscopes.

Amulet in Arabic script. It is even dated at the bottom; 16 Ṣafar [?]25.

Amulets or magical recipes, at least partially for curing various physical ailments, in Arabic.

Recto: An amulet or talisman for protection, beginning with a chapter on charms and protections "bāb al-ḥirz l-aʿẓam". Verso: Magical recipe or charm involving an egg, writing something 49 times on it which leads to someone's birth in hell. Needs further investigation.

Amulets or magical recipes in Arabic.

Magical/medical recipes in Arabic.

Magical instructions in Arabic.

Magical instructions in Arabic.

Two pages from Kalīla wa-Dimna in Arabic.

Two pages from an Arabic work on prognostications, including whether the days of a month or lucky or unlucky.

Arabic poetry.

Leaf from an Arabic treatise on Islamic law.

Large Arabic document with an ornate calligraphic header, otherwise very difficult to read. Needs examination.

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

Tables for divination or magic, e.g. giving the names of the angels of different lands. Judaeo-Arabic, late hand.

Leaf from an Arabic treatise, calligraphic and vocalized. It appears to be a literary anthology, with quotations and verses cited from various Abbasid-era caliphs and poets. The margin on one side contains text from the mishna (Berakhot 4:2). The margin on the other side contains accounts in Arabic-script, naming people such as Abū Saʿd, Abū Isḥāq, Abū l-Faḍl, and Maʿānī.

Arabic poetry, calligraphic.