Recto: a ritual practice in order to understand the Qur'an and acquire learning. Reference to Caliph Uthmān and other companions of the Prophet. Verso: number/letter table joined up letter series.
Two number tables, one for attaining paradise, one for acquiring wealth with accompanying number tables. Verso: a talisman for he who wants his wife to be a virgin at marriage, his marriage to be blessed and his wife to love him.
The wird (daily practice) of ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1077–1166 ) and the ten ways he will intercede to help the bearer of this wird (blessing the bearer, accompanying him at the moment of death, finding the right answer to questions posed etc.). Introduced by a prayer (f. 327r)
A list of tyrants and evil figures from the Abrahamic writings (Goliath, Gog and Magog etc). Verso: list of magical names or words, followed by strings of repeated letters.
Recto: A practice prescribed to a woman who cannot conceive a child involving the use of "the seven letters", accompanied by a number table. Verso: a talisman for success in trade, to washed and rubbed over the body, accompanied by a number table.
Recto: A talisman for acquiring a child. The man must recite his prayer beads and write out the number table on the day the woman washes her menstrual dress. Verso: the lines "I have bought a black shirt. You will buy it God willing". Significance unclear
The recto is an amulet to prevent jinn and devils coming to one's wife in her sleep and making her barren, with an accompanying number table filled with letters in a rubricated grid. The verso is a passage from the Qur'an followed by instructions for reciting the name of God for a physical/spirit...