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Medical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic.

Medical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic.

Medical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic.

Poetry in an unusual mixture of Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. One side appears to be entirely Hebrew. The poem on the other side alternates between Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic from one hemistich to the next, inverting the order of the languages from verse to verse: ABBAABBAABBA, where A = Hebrew hemistich and B = Judaeo-Arabic hemistich. Every verse, whether ending in Judaeo-Arabic or in Hebrew, rhymes on חו.

Poetry (wine poem, khamriyya) in Judaeo-Arabic.

Tafsīr in Judaeo-Arabic on Isaiah 23:14 and surrounding verses.

Tafsīr in Judaeo-Arabic on Isaiah 26:6–10 and surrounding verses.

Judaeo-Arabic poetry in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. Mainly love poetry. One of them has a blazon of the beloved along with references to a garden, musical instruments, and a virgin female slave.

First page of "The Book of Hidden Treasures in the Art of Medicine and Surgery" (kitāb al-dhakhāʾir al-maknūna fī ʿilm al-ṭibb wa-l-jirāḥa). Late.

Treatise in Judaeo-Arabic (Abraham Maimonides per FGP, but probably has no connection with him for the hand is 11th century). In fact an interesting theological treatise on the signs of prophecy that appears to come from the same manuscript as ENA 2709.64, ENA 3015.9-12, T-S Ar.46.53, T-S Ar.43.302, T-S Ar.48.267, and more. Some of these other fragments are identified with al-Qāḍī 'Abd al-Jabbār's Kitāb al-Mughnī fī Abwāb al-Tawḥīd wa-l-'Adl by Ayala Meyer Eliyahu on FGP. ASE and AA

See PGP 12037

Medical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic. Containing many prescriptions, including one "for the womb and hemorrhoids" and another attributed to the book of Isḥāq b. ʿImrān. There are also intriguing designs in red ink in the margins.

A leaf from a book of segulot in Ladino and Hebrew.

Medical recipes and remedies in Ladino. The first recipe on the recto is for "tremor of the hands/ el temlor delas manos" (l. 1r) and the final section of the page is dedicated to an issue related to the mouth aches of infants "para una kiriyatura qe___[?] mal de boka" (l.18-19r). This latter phrase could be a reference to the pain associated with teething. One ingredient in use for the tremor of the hands is "olive oil/אזייטי די אוליבה" (l. 5r) and usage of a "magnet / קאלאמיטה" is also mentioned (l.2r). For the mouth aches of infants, the recipe mentions "leche/ ליג׳י". Among the other ingredients listed for the recipes on the recto are "white pepper/pimyenta bilanca" (l.9-10r) and "cinnamon/kanela" (l.10r). On the verso, olive oil is mentioned again as recipe ingredient (l.3v). MCD. For a full transcription of this fragment see Idan Perez's in FGP.

Section four, chapter nine from Ḥovot HaLevavot (“Duties of the Heart”). Written in calligraphic script and arranged emphasizing the rhymed phrose. This together with the small format (for putting into one’s sleeve) in order to facilitate memorization. (Information from Goitein’s index card.)

Responsum or commentary on Shemot Rabba 31. Join with ENA 1069.45

Judaeo-Arabic poetry (zajal), with the refrain "Qūmū qiyāma..." Crude hand and spellings.

Narrative text in Judaeo-Arabic. At least two stories are here, both involving legal matters. The second one involves a man with 10 sons and something to do with an oath and 50 dinars.

Colophon by Berakhot b. Eliyahu b. Zecharyahu (son of the judge). one the other side of the page are some pen trials.

Poem for(?) Yehuda b. Shemuel mentioning Alexandria. On the back are drafts in a cursive hand, perhaps of poetry.