Letter from Abraham to his son Joseph and his wife Sitt al-Bayt, with greetings from many relatives. Mentions people including Obadiah and Ḵalīfa (c. 15th-16th century).Condition: holes, rubbed, fadedLayout: 28 lines (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Letter to Mordechai Kohen from his brother Abraham, dated 5646 of the Era of Creation (= 1886 CE).Condition: tornLayout: 32 lines + marginalia (recto; verso is blank)
Letter in an unskilled hand sent from Gaza to Alexandria by Abraham, who is on his way to Damascus, to his mother and his wife. He sends greetings to ʿImrān and Joseph.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 14 lines + marginalia (recto); 4 lines (verso)
Letter, mostly in poetical Hebrew to Aaron Abū l-Ḥasan and his two sons, one named Yefet, written by Abraham, the muqaddam of Malīj.Condition: Torn, holes, slightly fadedLayout: 21 lines + marginalia (recto); 15 lines + marginalia (verso)
Letter to Caro Frances from Abraham Gabriel concerning business matters. Dated 168 (5568 of the Era of Creation = 1807 CE), and mentioning people including Nissim Minyani (מנייני).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 35 lines + marginalia (recto); 3 lines (verso)
F.1: grammatical and lexicographic treatise in Judaeo-Arabic. F.2: Abraham Ibn Ezra’s commentary on Genesis 1.Condition: badly rubbed, fadedLayout: 20–21 lines
F. 1v contains the heading ‘by Abraham Ibn Ezra’ (spelled Abram), followed by the opening two and a half stanzas of his meʾora ענו בהמון שירים. F. 2r contains the latter part of another poem, followed by a colophon in a different hand and ink “Completed with God’s support”. F. 1r contains jottings (the repeated letters alef and bet, randomly arranged).Condition: Slightly rubbedLayout: 9–12 lines (f. 2v is blank; jottings on f. 1r)
Recto: a piyyuṭ by Abraham Ibn Ezra (אמונתך נודעה ביום טובה ויום רעה) with a title ascribing the text to Avram Ben Ezra. Verso: a short note in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning the opening parts (petiḥot) of qinot.Condition: Torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 21 lines (recto); 2 lines (verso)
Abraham Ibn Ezra’s riddle לבקש סוד שתי נשים, copied both on recto and on verso. The riddle on verso is complete but is written in a messy hand with spelling mistakes and is badly laid-out. It may have served as practice for the text on recto, which is written in a calligraphic hand but is unfinished.Condition: Holes, stainedLayout: 4 lines (recto); 5 lines (verso)