COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 5664 - 1
Obverse:
B 5664 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0707920dc
Image Title:
Medical recipe
Subject:
Medicine
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
67 mm
Item width:
77 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
8 lines. Prescription for menstruation which includes medicinal substances and their measurements. Mentioned are e.g.: kohl (כחל אסוד), dried cane (אלקצב אליאבס), black cumin (חבה אלקצח), vinegar (כל כמר). It recommends a three-day course of powdered substances, to be taken in admixture with wine.
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:
JRUL
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:
B05664-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-05-29
Date: added:
2007-09
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Metadata language:
heb
