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Or 10742
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- 032-003397828
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10742
- Title:
- Collection of medical works
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 160 folios (iii+160+iii)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10742 (digital images currently unavailable)
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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 10742
Collection of medical works
Contents
A collection of Arabic medical treatises by Isaac Israeli translated into Hebrew.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 160 folios (iii+160+iii)Binding
Post-1600, half-bound.
Title on spine: 'Israeli Diaetae Univesales et Averroes Colliget. Cod. Heb. Gaster 53'.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1400-1499 15th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
F. 1r: 'No. 219' - referring to the old catalogue number in the Shapira collection (cf. NLI).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 53; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 20 July 1927.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-24vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: טבע המזונותTitle: Ṭevaʿ ha-mezonotA medical treatise on diet, being an anonymous Hebrew translation of the first section of Kitab al-Adwiyah al-Mufradah wa'l-Aghdhiyah.
Colophon:ff. 25r-46vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: ספר הקדחותTitle: Sefer ha-ḳadaḥotThe section on fevers from the same Kitab al-Adwiyah al-Mufradah wa'l-Aghdhiyah.
Colophon: נשלם ספר הקדחות ליצחק הישראלי שבח לאל בורא עולם... f. 46vPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 46 foliosDimensions (leaf): 267 × 195 mm.Dimensions (written): 198 × 125 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
5 quires: i10 (ff. 1-10), ii2 (ff. 11-12), iii12 (ff. 13-24, 25-36), iv6 (ff. 37-42), vfour (ff. 43-46).
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Severe iron gall ink corrosion, some parts of the text are obscure or even illegible.
All of the leaves are fixed (lamination).
Worm damage, usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 30
Written lines: 30
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
With a few marginal notes.
Maniculae (e.g. ff. 10r, 20v, 27v, 35v).
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
History
Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Spain?Provenance
II
Contents
ff. 47r-160vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: כוליאתTitle: KulliyyatA Hebrew translation of the Kulliyyat fi al-Ṭibb (The General Principles of Medicine).
Incomplete at the beginning.
Colophon: תם ונשלם הספר הכולל ברפואה לפילוסופ ... לאבו רשד תלית והיתה השלמתו בירח ניסן שנת מאתים וארבעים ושבעה בכאן במדינה סילי f. 160vPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark (e.g. ff. 59, 60).Extent: 114 folios (ff. 47-160)Dimensions (leaf): 271 × 195 mm.Dimensions (written): 200 × 135 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Indeterminable.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Water damage, iron gall ink corrosion.
Ff. 47-56: leaves are laminated.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 30
Written lines: 30
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
With marginal notes.
Maniculae (e.g. ff. 53v, 58v, 68v, 97r, 105v).
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
History
Origin: 1487 Spain (Silla)Provenance
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10742 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Ferre, Lola and José Martinez Delgado, 'Arabic into Hebrew, A Case Study: Isaac Israeli's Book on Fevers' Medieval Encounters 21 (2015), pp. 50-80.Funding of Cataloguing
BL