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MS. Heb. a. 2

Contents:
A fragment of a marriage contract
Marriage contract; magical formulae
Fragments of Hebrew documents
A marriage contract between Japheth son of Solomon and Berakhah daughter of Shemariah
Marriage contract; Leviticus
A marriage contract
An Arabic document
A document concerning a sale of property
A will, in Arabic
Fragment of a marriage contract
[14 more parts]

MS. Heb. a. 3

Contents:
Letters and legal documents

MS. Heb. b. 2

Contents:
Genesis vi. 17 (אשר בארץ) to x. 27 (הדורם)
Genesis x. 22 to xvii. 9 (אחריך)
Numbers xxvii. 14 (העדה) to xxix. 14 (עשרנים)
Deuteronomy xiv. 26 (בכל) to xv. 15 (על)
Deuteronomy xvi. 16 (פני יהוה ריקם) to xx. 20 (כי)
Haftaroth
Haftaroth with Targum
Joshua xxiv. 6 (וירדפו) to Judges i. 12 (ולכדה), followed by Judges ix. 1 to 46 (וישמעו)
Judges xvi. 22 (ראשו) to xviii. 3 (בזה ומה)
Isaiah xxiv. 21 (יפקד) to xxx. 11 (סורו)
Jeremiah xxxi. 37 (אני) to xxxii. 32 (על כל)
Ezekiel x. 9 (third אצל) to xiv. 1 (ויבא)
Job; Proverbs
Ezra viii. 1 (אבתיהם) to 31 (ויד)

MS. Heb. b. 3

Contents:
Document in Arabic
Document
A fragment of a marriage contract
An Arabic document
Documents
A conveyance of property
Document; liturgical
Fragment of a marriage contract
[24 more parts]

MS. Heb. b. 4

Contents:
Genesis with Targum
Genesis
Exodus
Deuteronomy
Biblical fragments
1 Samuel
1 Kings
[9 more parts]

MS. Heb. b. 11

Contents:
Letters and deeds

MS. Heb. b. 12

Contents:
Dees and letters

MS. Heb. b. 13

Contents:
Mishnah ברכות with the commentary of Maimonides in Arabic
Mishnah
Tosefta טבול יום and עוקצין, ed. Zuckermandel, p. 685, line 16 (ומאה) to p. 687, line 33 (ששלקן אין)
Babylonian Talmud ראש השנה, fol. 29b, line 21 (בר לחמא) to fol. 32, line 26 (אף כאן)
Babylonian Talmud חגיגה
Alfasi בבא קמא i. 2 (למעוטי מאי) to ii. 2 (וחצי נזק הוא)
Fragments of Midrash בראשית רבה
Fragment of Midrash
Rashi ’s commentary on Exodus xxxiv. 31 (הוא כל) to Leviticus v. 17 (ביום הכפורים ע̇א̇כ̇ו̇)
Title מן תפסיר בראשית, commentary in Arabic on Genesis
[26 more parts]

MS. Heb. b. 17

Contents:
Biblical fragments, with vowel points, accents and Masorah

MS. Heb. b. 18

Contents:
Fragments of the ס' מצוות הגדול (ס'מ'ג') by Moses of Coucy
Liturgical
A writing exercise, A letter in Arabic naskhi
Zech. 3,5 (Targ.) to 4,9 (Targ.), A letter in Arabic naskhi
An amulet
Fragments (§§ 924-25) of אבי העזרי (ראבי"ה)
Fragments of a synagogue calendar
Ez. 20,22 - 21,14

MS. Heb. c. 1

Contents:
Genesis with Targum
Genesis
Exodus
Deuteronomy with Targum
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
[8 more parts]

MS. Heb. c. 13

Contents:
A deed in Arabic conveying property
A fragment of a magical treatise in Arabic
A fragment of entries in Arabic
Letter
Three oblong slips containing lists of names
A fragment of a letter (?)
A fragment of some business record in Arabic
The end of a commercial document, in which שלושה חנותים are mentioned
A fragment of an Arabic commercial document
[11 more parts]

MS. Heb. c. 16

Contents:
תוספתא
Mishnah אבות
Babylonian Talmud: ברכות
Babylonian Talmud ביצה
Babylonian Talmud יבמות
Commentary on Babylonian Talmud בבא מציעא, fol. 83
הלכות גדולות, by Simeon Qayara
שאלתות of R. Aḥai
A fragment of ה̇ חליצה
Babylonian Talmud ברכות
[18 more parts]

MS. Heb. c. 17

Contents:
Mishnah: אבות i. 11 (אחריכם) to iii. 14 (נתתי לכם)
Mishnah
Mishnah: אבות
Mishnah: פיאה ii.4 (ולחרובין) to iii. 6
Mishnah: ערובין iii. 3 (מי שישב, ed. iv. 4) to iv. 6 (ממקום, ed. v. 9)
Mishnah: יבמות
[23 more parts]

MS. Heb. c. 18

Contents:
ס̇ עולם רבא
ספרא
ספרי
ספרי זוטא
מכילתא
מדרש ילמדנו ? on Exodus
פסיקתא דר̇ כהנא
מדרש ויקרא רבא
אבות דר̇ נתן
מדות, geometrical treatise, attributed to R. Nathan
[14 more parts]

MS. Heb. c. 23

Contents:
Mishnah פאה
Mishnah
Mishnah סוכה
Babylonian Talmud חולין fol. 37, line 7 from below (מבעיא) to fol. 38b, l. 3 from below (עובד)
Babylonian Talmud בבא קמא
ספרא
A responsum, concerning a question of inheritance
Commentary on Babylonian Talmud בבא בתרא fol. 20b
A commentary on Babylonian Talmud בבא מציעא fol. 116b to end
Babylonian Talmud שבת
[12 more parts]

MS. Heb. c. 27

Contents:
Mishnah
Mishnah כלים iii. 4 (בטל שם) to v. 11 (ושל מתכת)
Commentary on Mishnah בכורים iv. 2 to 4;
Commentary on Mishnah יבמות i. 2 to ii. 2
Babylonian Talmud שבת fol. 14b, line 3 (דכת̇ ובא) to fol. 15, line 10, and fol. 15b, line 4 (לשריפה) to fol. 16, line 16
Babylonian Talmud שבת
Babylonian Talmud פסחים
Babylonian Talmud פסחים fol. 69b, line 9 (obliterated) to fol. 70b, line 19 (דאתא)
Babylonian Talmud יבמות fol. 28b, line 12 (איסור) to fol. 34b, line 23 (מתעברת)
[40 more parts]

MS. Heb. c. 28

Contents:
Deeds and letters

MS. Heb. c. 51

Contents:
Genesis, Text and Targum
Gen. 50,1 to Exod. 1,12
Exod. 36,24 to 38,7
Lev. 4,34 to 5,18
Leviticus, Numbers
Part of Numbers 22, 6-34
Part of Numbers 23,14-22 and 23,24 to 24,1
Part of Judges 14,5-8, 17-19
Masorah on Judges 7 (?)
2 Kings 5,1-11
Part of Isaiah 28,9 to 29,10
Psalms
Ibn Ezra's commentary of Leviticus 23,11 (המן וכן טעם כל הפסוק) to 23,40 (רק עלי חמשה מינים)
Responsum (?)
Fragment

MS. Heb. c. 52

Contents:
Biblical fragments

MS. Heb. c. 53

Contents:
The commentary of Baḥya b. Asher on Gen. 18,8-21
Commentary on Exod. 22,25 to 23,9
Naḥmanides' commentary on Deut. 8,17 to 10,12
Homilies by Joshua b. Shuʿaib
Fragment of the Zohar, פ' משפטים
Maimonides' Mishneh Torah
Fragment of the מגיד משנה, a commentary by Vidal di Tolosa on Maimonides' Mishneh Torah
Fragment of the ס' תולדות אדם וחוה of Yeruḥam b. Meshullam
Fragment of the ס' מישרים of Yeruḥam b. Meshullam
Fragment of the מגן אבות of Simeon Duran
Fragments of an ethical work
Mystical commentary on Canticle 3,5-8
Fragment of a mystical treatise, in Arabic, on angels, jinn, stars, Solomon

MS. Heb. d. 26

Contents:
Targum of Genesis
Deuteronomy, each verse followed by the Targum
Text and Targum of Jeremiah xlviii. 30 (ידעתי) to li. 11 (מלכי)

MS. Heb. d. 37

Contents:
Genesis
Genesis and Onqelos in parallel columns
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Isaiah
[14 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 41

Contents:
Fragments

MS. Heb. d. 42

Contents:
Liturgical; Aramaic Sayings
Fragments of a liturgy
Fragments of a liturgy for ש̇ע̇ on הושענא רבא
Liturgical
Fragments of lamentations
Haftaroth according to the Palestinian cycle
Fragments of a liturgy for פורים
Fragments of an עבודה
Fragments of the Azharah אתה הנחלת
Fragments of an Arabic commentary on the Azharah אתה הנחלת
[6 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 46

Contents:
Midrash on Psalms
Arabic commentary on Isaiah iii. 16
Seadiah Gaon's אזהרה
Responsa
Halakhic commentary on Babylonian Talmud זבחים
Arabic text of Maimonides' מורה הנבוכים
Midrash on Exodus xxix. 1
Midrash on the ten commandments
Sayings as in חופת אליהו
Passages from the Bab. Talmud
[18 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 47

Contents:
Arabic commentary on Mishnah שבת
Fragment of letter addressed to Judah [ben Joseph], אלוף וראש סידרא
Arabic responsum
Midrash שיר השירים רבה
ויקרא רבה
Tosefta ערכין iii. 2 (הרגל כמה היא שוקלת) to iv. 12 (עשרה טפחים)
Mishnah אבות; דרך ארץ זוטא
דרך ארץ זוטא
Mishnah נדרים iii. 5 (נהנים לי) to ix. 1 (לבין אביו)
Mishnah כלאים; שביעית
[17 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 48

Contents:
Fragment of Judah ben Barzilai ’s commentary on the ספר יצירה
Averroes ’ Arabic commentary on Aristotle ’s Sophistics (?)
A fragment of an Arabic sermon (?)
A fragment of an Arabic introduction to Job
Fragment of a deed in Arabic
Responsum on difficult words in Babylonian Talmud
Responsa
הלכות גדולות
Rashi’s commentary on Babylonian Talmud בבא קמא
שאילתות of R. Aḥai
[7 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 49

Contents:
Numbers
1 Samuel
Biblical fragments
Obadiah 10 (יעקב) to Jonah i. 14 (הזה)
Haggai i. 10 (כלאו) to Zechariah ii. 4 (ארץ יהודה)
Psalms
[10 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 50

Contents:
Liturgical fragments

MS. Heb. d. 58

Contents:
ספרא
Babylonian Talmud ברכות
Babylonian Talmud ראש השנה
A commentary on Babylonian Talmud נדה, fol. 69b
Commentary on Babylonian Talmud ביצה
A commentary on Babylonian Talmud זבחים
Rationalistic commentary on Gen. xxi-xxiv
A fragment of a prayer-book in Arabic for י̇ה̇כ̇
Mishnah אבות
Mishnah and Talmud for daily recitation
[20 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 62

Contents:
Liturgical pieces on the Song of Moses
Liturgical pieces
Masoretic fragment; sermon in Arabic
Fragment of a grammatical work in Arabic
Fragment of an ethical work in Arabic
הלכות אבל
Seadiah’s commentary on the ס̇ יצירה
Masoretic fragment
Responsa in Arabic
Fragment of a treatise on the calendar
[33 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 63

Contents:
The Targum of Genesis xlix. 22 (עינא דמיא) to the end of the book
Seadiah ’s Arabic translation of Job xxxi. 21 to xxxiv. 7 (אלהזו)
Arabic translation Canticles; Arabic vocabulary to Ecclesiastes
Mishnah
Mishnah בכורות v. 2 (ישחט) to the beg. of vi. 11 (MS. 12)
Mishnah נדרים viii. 5 (נתעברה השנה, MS. 8?) to ix. 8 (לו הלא)
Fragment of a commentary on Babylonian Talmud מכות, fol. 5b
Babylonian Talmud עבודה זרה Mishnah ii followed by the Gemara, fol. 22b, line 1, to fol. 23, line 20
Mishnah כלים
[45 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 64

Contents:
Biblical
Jeremiah, text with Targum after each verse
Ezekiel, text with Targum after each verse
Ezekiel
Haftaroth, with Targum after each verse
Haftaroth, according to the triennial rite, with Targum
A casuistic book in Arabic
Fragment of a philosophical treatise in Arabic
Fragment of a treatise on חזקה, in Arabic
[26 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 65

Contents:
Fragment of a כתובה
Deed, in Arabic
Fragment of a quittance
Letter of consolation
Business letter, in Arabic
Fragment of a letter
כתובה
[34 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 66

Contents:
Fragment of a deed, in Arabic
Letter, in Arabic
Fragment of the end of a conveyance
Deed, in Arabic
Contract, in Arabic
Responsum, in Arabic
Deeds, in Arabic
[126 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 68

Contents:
Alfasi תענית
Fragments of Rashi's commentary on Babylonian Talmud עירובין
Babylonian Talmud גיטין fol. 77b, line 1 (בתקנת) to the end of the chapter
Fragment of מעשיות
Fragment of a grammatical work, on the forms of the verb
Fragments of Maimonides in Arabic
Fragment of a controversial work in Arabic
Commentary in Arabic on the beg. of כי תזריע (Lev. xii. 2-4)
Fragment of a sermon or treatise, in Arabic, on retribution
Biblical verses, followed by liturgical poems
[22 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 73

Contents:
Fragments of Lev.16,26 to 19,10
Fragment of Ester 5,4 to 6,14
Notes on Midrash Rabbah
Fragment of הלכות גזילה
Fragment of responsa
Liturgy; Targum
The מרשד R. Tanḥum
Fragment of a Hebrew translation of Bernard Gordon's Lilium Medicinae
Business letters in Arabic

MS. Heb. d. 74

Contents:
Deut. 2,33 to 3,18
Haftaroth with Targum after each verse
Midrash Samuel
Ibn Ezra's commentary on Num. 14,22 (שהוא לעתיד) to 15,16
Fragment of a homiletical commentary on 2 Kings 3,26 to 5,5
Grammatical fragment in Arabic on Hiphil and Hithpael
Commentary on Babylonian Talmud ברכות fols. 58b end, to 60a
Babylonian Talmud ביצה fol. 22, line 8 from below, to fol. 23a end
Small fragment of an Arabic commentary on Babylonian Talmud בבא מציעא fol. 38b מורידין קרוב לנכסיו
Introduction to an Arabic treatise on phylacteries by Moses b. Joseph of Cordova
[27 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 75

Contents:
Alfasi הלכות ציצית, parts of fols. 86a to 87a
Halakhoth or commentary on יבמות, the beg. of chapter x
Arabic letter; Halakha on Gittin
Midrash Tanḥuma, end of פר̇ תבא and beg. of נצבים
Headed לך לך, fragment of a homily on that parasha, from Gen. 15,4 to 15,18
Fragment of a theological treatise in Arabic
Fragment of an Arabic commentary on Lev. 25, in connection with Mishnah B. Mezia iv. 10 and v. 1
Fragment of D. Qimḥi's commentary on 1 Chron. 4,3-17
Fragment of an Arabic responsum (?)
Legal document
[18 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 76

Contents:
Lev. 1,12-17
Lev.13,6-18, 21,7-24
Isaiah 56,2 - 57,6
Saadia's Arabic version of Exod. 28,36 – 29,17; 29,18-46; 32,6-27; 32,31 - 33,16
Commentaries on Genesis
Rashi's commentary on Gen. 42,14 – 43,8, (fol. 13) 43,19 – 44,19, (fol. 15) 45,1 – 46,7
Haggadah
Arabic commentary on Num. 31,3-8
Arabic commentary on Hos. 7,13 – 9,15
Commentary on the end of Ps. 90 to nearly the end of Ps. 91
[34 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 77

Contents:
Fragment of a scroll containing parts of Exod. 8,24 to 9,16
Exod. 28,30 to 29,13
Deut. 32,6-36
Small fragment of midrash on Gen. 15,6
Biblical fragments
Liturgical
Fragment of a mystical treatise
Arabic letter
Letter; Notes
Fragment of a letter
[8 more parts]

MS. Heb. e. 25

Contents:
Fragment of Seadiah Gaon's Siddur
End of a קינה, and beginning of another
Liturgical
For פורים
For שמיני עצרת
Part of an עבודה
One leaf of a prayer-book in Arabic
For the ninth of Ab
Some ritual rules
Fragment of hymns, palimpsest
For שבועות
Introduction to סליחות
Fragment of a treatise on the calendar (?)

MS. Heb. e. 31

Contents:
Targum of Numbers xxii. 37 to xxix. 14 (תלאתא)
Targum of 1 Samuel xiii. 20 (ית פרשיה) to xvi. 15 (רוח בישא מן קדם)
Haftaroth from sections נח to בחקתי (end missing)

MS. Heb. e. 32

Contents:
Seadiah's translation of Proverbs xxii. 10 to xxviii. 12
Arabic commentary on Genesis iv and vi
Liturgy for נח
A fragment of a controversial treatise in Arabic
Fragments of philosophical treatises in Arabic
Entries
Names
The last lines of a deed
A marriage contract

MS. Heb. e. 39

Contents:
For שמחת תורה
For ר̇ה̇
Liturgical
[יוצר for חקת]
[יוצר]
Various liturgical pieces
[יוצר to וישמע יתרו]
מעמד חג השבועות
For י̇הכ̇
For שבועות
[22 more parts]

MS. Heb. e. 43

Contents:
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus vi. 3 (על בשרו) to xiv. 13 (האשם הוא)
Deuteronomy
Haftaroth with the Targum after each verse
Biblical
1 Samuel
1 Samuel xxx. 22 to 2 Samuel iv. 5 (משכב)
2 Chronicles xi. 3 (רחבעם) to 22
[8 more parts]

MS. Heb. e. 44

Contents:
Headed פירושין סדר מועד. Arabic translation and explanation of difficult words in the Mishnah
Arabic commentary on Exodus xix. 16 to xx. 1
Biblical
Masoretic fragment
Fragment of an astrological treatise
Mystical rules
An Arabic letter or sermon
Mishnah ביצה
Mishnah אבות
Arabic vocabulary for Genesis
[24 more parts]

MS. Heb. e. 45

Contents:
Part of a controversial treatise, in Arabic, on the differences between Rabbanites and Karaites
Lists of the Pentateuch lessons
The lessons for week-days
Liturgical fragment
Masoretic fragment
Rhymed prose
An Arabic sermon
A treatise on אביב
Some philosophical treatise
An Arabic history of the Kings according to the book of Kings
[18 more parts]

MS. Heb. e. 51

Contents:
Babylonian Talmud סוכה
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