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Legal fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Abū l-ʿIzz and 22 dinars. Also belonging to this shelfmark: (2) A fragment in Arabic script, perhaps literary; (3) A literary fragment in Hebrew; (4) A literary fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.

Literary. A Shīʿī prayer written in Arabic script. There are some lines in red ink. The literariness of the verses is such that bounties aren't directly sought, rather they are attributed to the creator and sought passively. Ignoring the order of the verses, most of them resemble the verses of Duʿā al-Jawshan (for Saturday) attributed to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib or other verses of supplication attributed to him and quoted in the book Biḥār al-Anwār by Majlesi (d. 1698). The variant in Biḥār al-Anwār is as follows: يا من لا يشغله سمع عن سمع يا من لا يمنعه فعل عن فعل يا من لا يلهيه قول عن قول يا من لا يغلطه سؤال عن سؤال يا من لا يحجبه شئ عن شئ يا من لا يبرمه إلحاح الملحين يا من هو غاية مراد المريدين يا من هو منتهى همم العارفين، يا من هو منتهى طلب الطالبين، يا من لا يخفى عليه ذرة في العالمين.

Prayers in Arabic script.

Magical spells. One folio from a larger booklet. In Arabic script. Possibly for arousing love (tahyīj al-ḥubb?). One of them is to be placed inside the shoe of the man. VMR. ASE.

Literary text. Written in a mixture of Arabic script and Hebrew (for biblical quotations).

Literary text. Written in a mixture of Arabic script and Hebrew (for biblical quotations).

Medical treatise in Arabic script. Perhaps the first page of Tadhkirat al-Kaḥḥālīn. The author's name is given as ʿĪsā b. ʿAlī al-Mutaṭabbib instead of the correct ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā, but it was not uncommon for scribes to reverse the names. On verso there is Hebrew literary text.

Tafsir in Arabic on Genesis 37:23 – 38:19 (according to FGP). On the verso the text ends with an elaborate section marker in red ink.

Literary work. In Arabic script. Probably medical. Discussing various appetites, such as for food and for sexual intercourse.

Literary. In Arabic script. Wisdom literature.

Poetry. In Arabic script.

Literary fragment in Arabic script.

Literary text. In Arabic script. Leaf from an Arabic work on horoscopes/prognostications in a beautiful naskhī script. The horoscopes/prognostications are predicted for each day of an unknown month starting from the 3rd day of the month till the 14th. Some predictions include sound health, hearing good news, dispelling sorrows, and reuniting with family and loved ones. One distinctive feature of these horoscopes/prognostications is the phrase "wallāhu aʿlam" (God knows better) after each prediction.

Literary. Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Literary. Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Literary. Treatise in Arabic script on prosody (ʿilm al-ʿarūḍ).

Medical treatise in Arabic script. Including a section on diseases of the brain.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical treatise in Arabic script. Faded.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.