COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 103 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 103 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0909023dc
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:
Kitab Ghunyat al-Labib 'inda Ghaybat al-Tabib
Translated source title:
A Sufficient Book for the Intelligent Person to use in the Absence of a Physician
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
184 mm
Item width:
138 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink (brown)
Interrelation fragments:
Ar. 103, Ar. 123 and probably Ar. 467 from same manuscript
Notes:
14 lines. Medical self-help book. Text advises on the natural treatment of several conditions: what should a barren woman eat and do in order to have children; how to speed up a delivery of a baby. Text partially faded.
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:
PAR00103-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2009-01-23
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
