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Type: Literary text
1840 records found
Several torn fragments, which seem to belong together, all containing magical instructions.
12 pages of magical instructions.
Bifolium of magical instructions.
44 pages, some of which are instructions for kabbalistic kavanot, some of which are a Sabbatean tract (see especially pp.15–16, 19–22, and 25–27 = 8r–8v, 10r–11v, and 13r–14r), with an exegesis of the vision of a certain R. Avraham who lived in the days of Yehuda ha-Hasid. The vision starts with Samael, the dragon of the Nile (p.21). The vision continues with a "prediction" of the birth of Shabbetay Zevi, the true Messiah (p.19). The name Natan ha-Navi appears at the top of p.15 (presumably Nathan of Gaza—is this an atribution of the tract to him?). There are also numerous pages filled with permutations of the word Bereshit.
Magical instructions in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic.
Leaf of magical instructions.
44 pages of a literary treatise, at one point at least citing a work by Isaac Luria (p.6).
Bifolium from a magical/kabbalistic work. Concludes, "Thus far is the answer to what you asked me regarding Sefer ha-Yeẓira."
Bifolium from a magical work with sexual and obstetric prescriptions.
Bifolium from a magical work, including illustrations of Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof.
30 pages of a literary treatise containing permutations of YWHW, instructions for various tiqqunim, and several pages of text slanting upward. Page 28 gives a list of the sefirot, along with botanical illuminations, more permutations of YHWH, and most remarkably, corresponding to each sefira, the name of a dish to eat given in combinations of Hebrew and Ladino
Leaf of magical instructions.
Recto: Some sort of kabbalistic prayer, in multiple hands. At the bottom are doodles and jottings in Arabic and Hebrew. Verso: A couple lines of legalese, perhaps the beginning of a formulary of a legal document -- חזקה למי שהחזיק בחצר או בחנות. Underneath are sums using Eastern Arabic numerals.
Magical instructions.
Magical/kabbalistic recipes for useful purposes such as protection against thieves or blinding and/or killing one's enemies. Labeled page 238. Same scribe as AIU VI.B.78 + AIU VI.B.149 but perhaps a different work.
Leaf from a literary work discussing magic, medicine, demons.
Magical/kabbalistic instructions about the auspicious hours of prayer and useful spells when at sea. Labeled page 231. Same scribe as AIU VI.B.78 + AIU VI.B.149 but perhaps a different work.
Bifolium from a treatise on geomancy.
Long fragment containing magical recipes.
Hebrew commentary on the Guide for the Perplexed, including on Part III, chapter I, which prefaces the discussion of Ma'ase ha-Merkava with a discussion of people who look like animals.
