Recto: letter of complaint to Abraham Maimonides by the administrator of the Quppa (the bread basket of the community) in Alexandria who was threatened with death when he retained quantities of wheat in order to meet emergencies in a time of scarcity. Mentions the judges Samuel and Isaac, Abū l-Surūr b. Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Simsār (the broker), Abū Zikrī, Yešuʿa ha-Kohen, and Abraham b. Ṭahor. Verso: note conveying festival greetings, citing Isaiah 56:7.Condition: torn, holes, rubbed, faded, stainedLayout: 25 lines + marginalia (recto); 13 lines (verso)
Recto: exemplars of Hebrew letters. The first addresses a Nagid as הרב האדיר, and מרדכי הזמן. The second is introduced with ‘another’, and begins with the Judaeo-Arabic formula יקבל אלארץ בין ידי before continuing in Hebrew. Verso: Judaeo-Arabic poem.Condition: Torn, holesLayout: 17 lines + marginalia (recto); 26 lines (verso)
Recto: beginning of a (apparently unfinished) letter, mentioning the preparation of the Diwān of Aaron Ibn al-ʿAmmānī (Aaron b. Yešuʿa), and referring to his father. Verso: recipe in Judaeo-Arabic, written in a different and more crude hand.Condition: completeLayout: 15 lines (recto); 11 lines (verso)
Recto: letter, perhaps a responsum, which stresses that the consumption of Karaite wine is not permitted (in contrast to the rulings of Moses and Abraham Maimonides). Verso: instructions that Abū l-Ḥasan should give wine to the bearer of the note.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 12 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Recto: Hebrew (entitled ‘Our lord, Chronicles’) and unidentified Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: list of parašot from Genesis and jottings in Judaeo-Arabic.Condition: tornLayout: 11 lines (recto); 7 lines (verso)
List of books compiled by Joseph b. Jacob ha-Bavli as part of the introduction to the commentary on Saʿadya Gaʾon’s Siddur. Mentions works and commentaries by a large number of Jewish scholars.Condition: torn, holes, slightly rubbed, slightly stainedLayout: 47 lines (recto); 29 lines (verso)
Book list in the hand of Joseph b. Jacob ha-Bavli, including piyyuṭim and midrašim.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 11 lines + marginalia (recto; verso is blank)
Numbered list of books in the hand of Joseph b. Jacob ha-Bavli, mentioning the titles and the number of volumes. Among the works listed are a Mišna, Talmud, commentaries on the Bible, works by Galen, Hippocrates, targumim, part of the Megillot, and poetic dīwāns.Condition: torn, holes, slightly rubbedLayout: various lines
Morning benedictions; liturgy for weddings; Šemaʿ, benedictions and ʿAmida for the Šabbat evening service. Siddur of Saʿadya Gaon.Condition: torn, holes, stained, fadedLayout: 25 lines