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Or 10708
- Record Id:
- 032-003470350
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003470350
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100091207973.0x000003
- LARK:
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10708
- Title:
- Medical miscellany
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003470350", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 10708: Medical miscellany" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003470350
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003470350
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 309 folios (i+309+i)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10708 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1400-1499
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10708
Medical miscellany
Contents
A collection of works on medicine.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 309 folios (i+309+i)Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 130 mm.Dimensions (written): 125 × 75 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Condition
Collation is falling apart; very fragile leaves.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 24
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
Binding
Post-1600, white cloth binding. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '766 ן' סינה - בן מאסויה'.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1400-1499 15th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscriptions: הצעיר חי משה פיגיטו (f. 22r); מקנת כספי יקותיאל דיין (f. 218r).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 766; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 17 December 1929.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-209vTitle: קאנון (ספר א’)Title: Ḳanon (Sefer 1)In Hebrew translation; translator is not named.
Various hands, possibly from various manuscripts: f. 1r-24v: ff. 25r-150v, ff. 151r-166v.
Colophon: תם ונשלם ספר ן' סינה ... ונתחיל בחילוף ספרים בתרופות המקוצרים בשרשים... f. 209vPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 209 folios (ff. 1-209)Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 130 mm.Dimensions (written): 125 × 75 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Indeterminable due to fragile state.
Catchword on almost every verso.
Condition
Water damage, mould, worm damage.
Iron gall ink corrosion, in places very severe.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 20 24
Written lines: 20 24
Section headings are in larger characters.
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive scripts of the 15th century by various hands.
History
Provenance
Ownership inscription on f. 209v with the owner's name crossed out: לעולם יכתוב אדם שמו על ספרו שלא יבוא אחד מן השוק ויאמר שלי הוא לפיכך כתבתי שמי פוה מקנה כספי ... אני הצעיר ... .
II
Contents
ff. 210r-266vTitle: מהעצה והטבעים והתנאים של הרפואות המשלשלות הפשוטות והמורכבותTitle: meha-ʻetsah ṿeha-ṭevaʻim ṿeha-tenaʼim shel ha-refuʼot ha-meshalshelot ha-peshuṭot ṿeha-murkavotIncipit: ... בן המאסויה הדמשקIn Samuel ben Jacob's translation.
Incomplete at the end.
Colophon:ff. 267r-309vTitle: אנטידוטריוםTitle: AnṭidoṭariumIn Samuel ben Jacob's translation.
Incomplete at the beginning and at the end.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 100 folios (ff. 210-309)Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 130 mm.Dimensions (written): 150 × 105 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Indeterminable due to fragile state.
Catchword on almost every verso.
Condition
Water damage, mould, worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 28
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
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_10708 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
https://www.musicologie.org/Biographies/s/ibn_sina.html (accessed on 8 October 2019).Funding of Cataloguing
BL