COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 123 - 2
Obverse:
Ar. 123 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0909064dc
Image Title:
Kitab Ghunyat al-Labib
Subject:
Medicine
Creator:
Ibn al-Akfani, Muḥammad ibn Ibrahim (ca. 1286-1348 or 9)
Creator Role:
Author
Source title:
Gunyat al-Labib 'inda Gaybat at-Tabib
Translated source title:
A Sufficient Book for the Intelligent Person to use in the Absence of a Physician
Section:
Introduction and Chapter one
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Vocalisation:
Vocalisation
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
185 mm
Item width:
264 mm
Folio:
1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink (black, brown and red)
Interrelation fragments:
Ar. 103, Ar. 123 and probably Ar. 467 from same manuscript
Notes:
14 lines. Medical self-help book. According to the introduction, this treatise indicates how to keep one's health and to keep away from diseases, as well as how to treat diseases in the absence of a physician. Mentions categories of food. Start of Chapter One on nutrition. Vocalisation signs in a darker ink.
Discovery site:
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Moses Gaster
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
PAR00123-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2009-01-28
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
