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Or 10374

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032-003382484
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Or 10374
Title:
Two medical texts
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
84 folios (i+84+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10374 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10374

Two medical texts

Contents

A collection of medical texts.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-45v
Title: רפואות
Title: Refuʾot

Incomplete at the beginning.

In 242 sections (first 5 sections are missing).

ff. 46v-60r
Title: כתאב זבדה אלטובייה פי עלם
Title: Kitāb zubdat al-Ṭawbīyah fī ʿilm

Name of the scribe(?) on f. 60r: הצעיר ישוע בן עובדיה הלוי .

ff. 61r-84v
Title: רפואות
Title: Refuʾot

F. 61r: נכתב יום ש...יג בחודש סון.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, tre-lune watermark (e.g. f. 76).
Extent: 84 folios (i+84+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 166 × 108 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Catchword or the last word of the preceding leaf repeated on the following leaf.

Condition

Water damage, iron gall ink corrosion, usage stains, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 24

Text is framed in most leaves.

Section headings in larger, square characters.

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 18th century.

Decoration

Decorated title page and page marking the end of the book (ff. 46v, 60r).

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600, purple cloth binding.

M. Gaster's label in spine: '756 ספר רפואה בל' ערבי'.

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription on f. 60r: מלכהו אלפקרי מוסה אלטאביב (ו)ולדהו יעקב חארה יצ"ו נר"ו תם תם תם

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 756; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 5 December 1929.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10374 (digital images currently unavailable)

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