Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??


Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

Add MS 18969

Record Id:
032-003313831
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003313831
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100031719572.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 18969
Title:
Collection of works on medicine
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Hierarchy Tree:
[{ "id" : "032-003313831", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 18969: Collection of works on medicine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003313831
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003313831
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
171 folios
Digitised Content:
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_18969 (digital images currently unavailable)
Thumbnail:
Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
1300-1399
Era:
CE
Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Ibn al-Jazzār, Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm, 0932-1009,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/74653052
Ibn al-Jazzār, Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm, 0932-1009,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/74653052
Leyzer Dernam
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 18969

Collection of works on medicine

Contents

Medical works.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-159r
Author: Ibn al-Gazzar, Aḥmad ibn Ibrahim, 932-1009 ג'זאר, אחמד בן אבראהים אבן
Title: Ya᾿ir nativ
Title: יאיר נתיב

An anonymous Hebrew translation of the 'Viaticum' of Constantinus Africanus, itself a free rendering, in a shortened form, of Ibn Gazzar's 'Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir'. The title 'Ya᾿ir nativ' is written on the top of the first page, but the missing first leaf of the first quire perhaps contained a fuller title.

The second section begins on folio 22r, the third on folio 37v, the fourth on folio 59r, the fifth on folio 84r, the sixth on folio 114v, and the seventh on folio 130r.

ff. 159v-171v
Title: Sefer ha-ma῾alot
Title: ספר המעלות
Author: Ibn al-Gazzar, Aḥmad ibn Ibrahim, 932-1009 ג'זאר, אחמד בן אבראהים אבן

An anonymous Hebrew translation, based on Latin version, of Ibn Gazzar's work, preceded by a short introduction and enumeration of chapters.

Physical Description

Parchment codex of the 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 171 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

171 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end). Folio 1 and 2 are paper flyleaves.

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves each, marked by catchwords at the end.

Condition

Inclomplete at the beginning. Lacuna after folio 167.

Slight worming.

Slight tidemarks in part.

Fading ink.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 25

Written lines: 25

Uniform layout.

Pricking and hard-point ruling visible.

Hair side and flesh side of folios hardly distinguishable.

Larger initial words.

Additions and notes in the margins, partly cut in trimming.

Last word of a folio repeated at the beginning of the next.

Gilt edges.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi (French?) semi-cursive script of the 14th century.

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600. Dark brown leather.

Spine: 'Constantinus Africanus. Viaticum. Hebrew. Mus. Brit. Jure Emptionis. 18,969.'

History

Origin: 1300-1399 14th century France

Provenance and Acquisition

Leyzer Dernam (?): inscribed, front flyleaf (v)v.

1852-06-12

Purchased by the British Museum through Asher & Co. on 12 June 1852: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

Availability

WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.

Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_18969 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 1025.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL