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Or 10539
- Record Id:
- 032-003472503
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003472503
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100093355989.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10539
- Title:
- Medical miscellany
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003472503", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 10539: Medical miscellany" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003472503
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 124 folios (no flyleaves)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10539 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10539
Medical miscellany
Contents
A collection of works on medicine in Judeo-Arabic.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 124 folios (no flyleaves)Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
18 quires: i4-1 (ff. 1-3), ii-vi8 (ff. 4-11, 12-19, 20-27, 28-35, 36-43), vii8-1 (ff. 44-50),viii8-3 (ff. 51-55), ix-xi8 (ff. 56-63, 64-71, 72-79), xii6 (ff. 80-85), xiii2 (ff. 86-87), xiv10-1 (ff. 88-98), xv-xvii8 (ff. 99-106, 107-114, 115-122), xviii2 (ff. 123-124).
Condition
Inner cover pasteboards are damaged.
Binding
Post-1600, leather binding. Boxed.
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscriptions at the beginning: יצחק עבד אלואחד (f. 1r); שלמה מערבי הי"ו קנה ספר מאת שלמה ידידי (f. 3v); רפאל נסים מזרחי (ff. 2r, 3v).
Ownership inscription on f. 38v: אברהם מעלם(?).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 939; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 8 May 1930.
I
Contents
ff. 4r-47vTitle: תדכרת אלכחאליןTitle: Tadhkirat al-kaḥḥālīnIncipit: בהנוא - אבתדי בכתאב תדכרת אל כחאלין בעון אללה אלאה אלWith marginal notes.
Name of the patron, and other parts of the colophon have been erased and overwritten.
Colophon: האד'י אלכתאב אלדי הו תד'כרת אלכחאלין אלד'י נקלתו ותממתו להיקר נבון ונעלם ... ותהי השלמתו יום ג' א"ך טוב לחודש מנחם ... ובפרט הנה נחל"ת ה' בנים לפ"ק. אנכתב על יד שאהין נסים באסרי(?) f. 47vff. 48r-50vTitle: לקוטים ברפואהTitle: Liḳuṭim ba-refuʾahFf. 49r-50v: dditions different hands in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; tre-lune watermark (e.g. f. 46).Extent: 50 folios (1-50)Dimensions (leaf): 211 × 157 mm.Dimensions (written): 170 × 125 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil. Ff. 4-48: parallel foliation in Eastern Arabic numerals (f. 4 = f. ١; f. 48 = f. ٤٥).
Collation
Quires i-vii.
Catchword on almost every page.
Condition
Usage stains, liquid damage.
F. 1 is damaged.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger, quare script.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 18th century.
Additions:Ff. 12-3v: notes, scatches, ownership inscriptions.
History
Origin: 1700-1799 1st third of the 18th century; ff. 1-47: 1728.Provenance
Ownership inscriptions on f.
Stamp in the upper outer margin on f. 4v: יצחק בר....
II
Contents
ff. 51r-79vTitle: אלאקראבאדיןTitle: al-AqrābādhīnIncipit: אל קסם אל י"ב מן אל מג'מועExplicit: תושלב"ע - ספר מוסה ועמו - גם לקוטים אחריםff. 80r-87vTitle: תרופות בערביתTitle: Terufot be-ʿaravitFf. 81v-87v: notes, scribbles by several hands.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 37 folios (ff. 51-87)Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 160 mm.Dimensions (written): 175 × 125 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part. Ff. 56-79: parallel foliation in Eastern Arabic numerals (f. 56r = f. ١).
Collation
Quires viii-xiii.
Catchword on almost every page.
Condition
Usage stains, liquid damage.
F. 55 is mutilated, lower part is missing.
Layout
Columns:1
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 18th century.
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th centuryProvenance
F. 56r: signature in Arabic in the outer margin.
III
Contents
ff. 88r-111rTitle: גאיה אלאמנאת פי מערפה אלחמיאתIncipit: בהנואMarginal notes outside the border.
Colophon:ff. 111v-112vTitle: פצול אבוקראטTitle: Patsul IpoḳraṭAccording to the colophon, it was copied in 5493 (1732/3 CE).
Colophon: בשנת הרופא לכול תחלואיתי הגואל משחת חייכי המעטרכי חסד ורחמים ליצירה - אנכתב עלי יד שאהין קרש(?) ליצחק ולד מסה עבד אלואחדff. 113v-123vTitle: תרופות בערביתTitle: Terufot be-ʿaravitColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; unidentified watermark (a bunch of grapes and a crown?, e.g. ff. 102-103).Extent: 37 folios (ff. 88-124)Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 156 mm.Dimensions (written): 170 × 115 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part. Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink (f. 88 = f. א).
Collation
Quires xiv-xviii.
Catchword on almost every page.
Condition
Ff. 115-123: severe iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Ff. 88r-112v: text in red border.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 18th century; in black and red ink.
Additions:Ff. 113v-114v: additional notes by different hands.
Ff. 123v-124v: scribbles, notes, calculations by different hands.
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th century; ff. 88-112: 1732/3.Provenance
Inscriptions: ... אנתהא אלכלאם פי אלכתאב ... כמל בעון אללה פי דין שוואל פי תאריך אלפ ומאיה וארבעין סנה תם (f. 111r).
Ownership inscriptions: הצעיר ר' שלמה שלום טחאן (f. 113v); כתבתי שמי על ספרי שמא יבא אדם רשע מין השוק ויאמר זה שלי אני כתבתי שמי.... (f. 123v).
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