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Or 10507
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- Or 10507
- Title:
- Pirḳe Arnavṭ by Arnaldus de Villanova
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 15 folios (iii+15+iii)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1400-1499
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10507
Pirḳe Arnavṭ by Arnaldus de Villanova
Contents
Summary of Contents: A Hebrew translation of Arnaldus Villanova's Medicationis parabolae or Regulae generales written in 1300.Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-15vTitle: פרקי ארנבטTitle: Pirḳe ArnavṭIncipit: "אחר הכרת הקול ראוי לו להשתדל לעזור החולהThe translator is Avraham ben Meshullam Avigdor.
Every sentence begins with the word אמר, unlike other manuscripts of the text.
The Hebrew translation has been preserved in seven manuscripts: [BL] Or 10507; Munich, Cod. Hebr. 286; Firenze Pl. 88, c. 36, f. 15; ; Macerata, Bibl. Com. 310, 2; Hamburg SUB 308, 3; Munich, Cod. Hebr. 297; Milano 137.
The beginning is incomplete, starts at the end of paragraph 24.
References
Arnaldi de Villanova opera medica omnia, eds.L. García-Ballester, J. A. Paniagua and M. R. McVaugh (Granada: Seminarium Historiae Medicae Granatensis, [1975]-), vol. 6, pt. 1, pp. 21.Physical Description
Paper and parchment codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: mixedSupport: Paper and parchment; codex is in a fragmentary state, but perhaps originally the innermost and the outermost leaves of the quires had been parchment. Paper with laid lines and chain lines; traces of watermark, but too fragmentary to identify (e.g. f. 10).Extent: 15 folios (iii+15+iii)Dimensions (leaf): 198/188 × 133/125 mm.Dimensions (written): 135/125 × 85 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
Rebound: currently ff. 1-12 constitute a quire of 12 leaves, and ff. 13-15 are glued together.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Usage stains.
Water damage.
The parchment leaves (ff. 6-7, 14, 14) are in a much worse condition than the paper leaves.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 25
Written lines: 25
The paper leaves are slightly larger than the parchment leaves (perhaps shrunk).
Section headings are written in larger characters.
Each paragraph starts with the word אמר written in larger characters.
Even left margins.
Later hand numbered the sections.
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
Binding
Post-1600. Black cloth binding.
Spine: 'ס' רפואה 686'
History
Origin: 1400-1499 15th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 686: inscribed with his name on ff. 1r, 15v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10507 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
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