Manuscript. Morocco, [1894].
Contains a number of works on many subjects. The volume starts with: ”I begin to write stories" [legends]. After that: remedies and invocations for various situations [“To push a needle into the hand and not to damage it …with no blood coming out…”, “for headaches” etc.], texts for amulets ["For the sick person who is worried”, “for the groom is imprisoned” “to defeat witchcraft” etc.] and kabalistic drawings, holy names [“I begin to write holy names”], fortunes; many piyutim and various sermons and prayers, and “new ideas”, a work called “Rina Veyeshua” in Judeo-Arabic; “Dahir [piyut for Passover], Calendar for the years 1895-1896; Book of Interpretation of Dreams [illustrated title page].
Written on one of the pages “Mulai LeHasan ahsan deceased in 1894” [King of Morocco Mulai Hasan died in 1894]. At the end of the Book of Interpretation of Dreams is a colophon: for text see Hebrew.
Signatures and records: "I Shalom Yehuda Adhan”, "I will use my pen for the book of Amos Shalom Ben Ya’kov Yifrah”, “I Moshe Ben Yehuda Yifrah”.
About 200 pages (some pages not in order). Some pages may be missing. 12 cm. Condition of the pages varies, very good to fair to poor. Stains, dampness stains and ink rubbings, wear and tears. Loose pages. Ancient leather binding damaged.