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)
Letter to Abū Saʿīd b. Abū Naṣr from Abraham Ibn al-Muqaddasī, relating to the buying of dates. Mentions al-Fayyūm and Judah b. Yešuʿa.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 19 lines (recto); 17 lines (verso)
Collection of piyyuṭim including a piyyuṭ for the last day of Passover לבבתיני אחותי אשר פני דמשק צופה by Levi b. Mar Saul (f. 1r), a rešut la-nišmat יפתח עלמת חן ומעין נעלמה by Joseph b. Ṣadiq (f. 1r, bottom), a poem מעשה אלהים על גדולתו עד by Abraham Ibn ʿEzra (spelled Aḇram) (f. 2v) and שהדי במרומים ובשחק עדי.Condition: Torn, holesLayout: 17–18 lines + marginalia
Letter, in which the writer (probably Abraham Kohen) denies influencing young men, and swears that he had not contacted ‘the teacher from Safed’ (c. 15th century).Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 35 lines + marginalia (recto); jottings (verso)
Recto: letter in the hand of Abraham Maimonides, mentioning Joseph. Verso: letter concerned with a legal dispute over an inheritance, mentioning Ibn Kamāl from Bilbays and Minyat Ḡamr.Condition: torn, holesLayout: 15 lines + marginalia (recto); 29 lines + marginalia (verso)
Letter, dated 3rd Kislev, from Abraham Maimonides, to Peraḥya the judge and his sons, probably in Bilbays, Egypt. He recommends the bearer of the letter as a worthy potential son-in-law, and urges the recipient to give the bearer a clear answer in this regard. Opens with a quote from Isaiah 12:2, and also quotes from BT Pesaḥim 49b.Condition: tornLayout: 25 lines (recto); 7 lines (verso)
Recommentation letter by Abraham Maimonides for the Nasi Obadiah, mentioning Peraḥya the judge. On verso are biblical citations from Isaiah 29:17-19.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 22 lines + marginalia (recto); 5-9 lines in 2 columns (verso)
Beginning of a letter or note in the hand of Abraham b. Maimonides to Moses, mentioning the elder Abū Naṣr b. Banīn (?). The note is prefaced with הנה אל ישועתי from Isaiah 12:2.Condition: torn, rubbedLayout: 5 lines (recto; verso is blank)