Recto: medical prescription with instructions for use, e.g. after vomiting. Ingredients include sugar lemon, water, basil, carob, oxymel and raisins. Verso: draft of a witness statement in connection with a legal document.
Recto: a recipe attributed to Ḥayy Gaʾon to ascertain whether an ill person will survive, followed by a recipe to make ruby ink from Iraqi cinnabar, saffron and other ingredients. Verso: a responsum by Isaac Gaʾon, dealing with debt repayments.
Medical text dealing with symptoms such as fever, forgetfulness, feeling cold, white bile, and weakness of the nerves and senses. Honey is mentioned. In a different colour of ink towards the bottom of verso, there is a folk remedy for pregnant mothers, utilising goose fat and snakeskin, probably...