COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 692 - 1
Obverse:
A 692 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0709685dc
Image Title:
Medical work
Subject:
Medicine
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
157 mm
Item width:
119 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
18 lines. Opening page of a medical composition. The text begins with the basmallah and praises to the Lord, focusing on the physical qualities of the human body. The last lines of the page mention the name of the author, but as these last lines are torn, this name is missing; only his kunya אלמתטבב (quack; here probably in the meaning of a layman in matters of medicine) is visible. In the following line the name גאלינוס (Galen) is visible as well. This mutatabbib has probably drawn on the compositions of early physicians.
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:
A00692-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-07-03
Date: added:
2007-10
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Metadata language:
heb
