Recto: geomantic designs consisting of series of horizontal dashes organised in groups of 4 lines each and laid out in two columns. At the end of the second column there are four lines in Ladino mentioning a Sabbatical year. Verso: jottings, including the name Abram.Condition: TornLayout: 4 lines + jottings (recto); jottings (verso)
The codex contains homilies on the Pentateuch parashot with glosses and some additions.Contents: Homilies (ff. 1a-244b). At the beginning of a homily a paragraph in Judeo-Spanish (f. 89a). An index (f. 127a). Explanation on Isaiah 49:21 (f. 127b). A paragraph in Judeo-Spanish (f. 226a). Other homilies, some probably by the author, with emendations, cancellations and additions (ff. 212a-244b), end is missing.Extent: ff. 244. 210 x 160 x 44 mm.Layout: Text written in one column; with some marginal annotations.Hand: Sefardi semi-cursive script.Binding: Vellum over paper boards.
Letter to Joseph from Isaac in Cairo, mentioning ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān and Marseille (?). Dated 5488 of the Era of Creation (= 1728 CE).Condition: holesLayout: 16 lines + marginalia (recto; verso is blank)
Business letter from Judah Fariente to Judah Gatenio, dated Kislev 167 (= 5567) of the Era of Creation (= 1807 CE). Mentions people including Solomon Baruḵ, Abraham Crispin, Isaac de Quriel, Musṭafa and the writer’s wife Palonba.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 33 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Letter by Abraham Palieche to his sister, dated Elul 1564 (= 1253 CE). He is in Egypt/Cairo and wants her to come to meet him with the first ship to Alexandria.Condition: holes, rubbed, fadedLayout: 39 lines + marginalia (recto); 34 lines (verso)
Letter from Sidon from Joseph b. Joyya and Masʿūd Bunan to Abraham Monson and Judah Aseo in Cairo concerning community financial matters. Dated Nisan 5518 of the Era of Creation (= 1758 CE). Mentions Abraham del Bedere and Abraham Sagri.Condition: tornLayout: 27 lines + marginalia (recto; verso is blank)
Letter in Ladino to David Conforte from his son Samuel, which was then reused for a draft of a halakhic treatise on divorce.Condition: holesLayout: 23-46 lines + marginalia
Recto: probably a letter in Ladino. Verso: draft of the beginning of a Judaeo-Arabic note to Abū Saʿd b. Moses, expressing the writer’s desire to see him, followed by a short text concerning circumcision.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 32 lines (recto); 15 lines (verso)
