COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 2913 - 1
Obverse:
B 2913 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0804705dc
Image Title:
List of substances
Subject:
Medicine
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
321 mm
Item width:
113 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
30 lines. List of simples (medicinal substances) and their quantities, including substances of organic origin (e.g. storax, tamarind, berberry, yellow and black myrobalan, cloves, coriander) and in-organics (e.g. kohl, two kinds of arsenic, lead, mercury). 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:
B02913-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-03-04
Date: added:
2008-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
