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