A late African copy of the Dalāʼil al-khayrāt, a 'manual' composed of blessings and prayers for everyday life and in particular for the pilgramige to Mecca. Partly composed of selections from the Qur`an and sayings of the prophet, the original work is attributed to the Sufi Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Jazūlī (d. 1465 CE), who lived in in Marrocco . This text has been copied by hand throughout the Islamic world from North West Africa to South East Asia until the last century, with many copies containing illuminations and illustrations. The present manuscript is an example of an originally unbound copy, held together by a string, which is attached to the cardboard cover, probably self made or comissioned by the last owner of the book. The text is clear and in the right order. Not containing illustration, it is an evidently used copy, bearing witness of a tradition of manuscript production common to its region of descent.Layout: 106 59Script: African script in brown ink; vocalization in red ink
Part of a geṭ in which [...] b. Yefet divorces his wife, [...] bat Ṭoviyya. Dated Wednesday in the month of Ṭevet 1[..]1 (= 1[..]0 CE), probably in Fusṭāṭ. Witnessed by [...] b. the judge and [...].Condition: badly tornLayout: 16 lines (recto; verso is blank)
A large bifolium from a collection of Geonic responsa, including questions addressing Amram Gaon of Sura and Mattatya Gaon.Condition: Badly torn, holes, faded, stainedLayout: 35-36 lines
List of names with Coptic numerals (perhaps contributors and their contributions).Condition: torn, holes, rubbed, faded, stainedLayout: 18 lines (recto); various lines (verso)
Recto: accounts in Arabic. Verso: few letters in Hebrew and Arabic.Condition: badly torn, rubbed, badly stainedLayout: 4 lines (recto); various lines (verso)
Accounts with Coptic numerals. Mentions various female and male names such as Faraj Allah, Bint al-Kātib Abū Šaʿra, Ibrahim Ḏabbāḥ (‘the butcher’), Isaac al-Faranjī and Joseph al-Faranjī.Condition: holes, rubbed, stainedLayout: 16 lines (recto); 12 lines (verso)
f. 1r: unidentified Hebrew. ff. 1v and 2r: apparently accounts or document. f. 2v: entitled ‘[...] sacrifice’. Mentions Ḵalaf Allūnī, Ḵalaf the collector b. Hārūn al-Ṣūrī and dirhams.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 4-9 lines
Accounts of a pharmacist, mentioning ʿAlī b. Naḥmān, and items, such as violet, and their quantities.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 22 lines + marginalia (recto); 23 lines (verso)
Accounts, mentioning different quantities of silk and sums of money, and the name […] b. Isaac.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 7 lines (recto; verso is blank)