Balm for the Body

İsim	Balm for the Body
Basım Tarihi:	15th century
Basım Yeri	- Cambridge University Library
Tür	Kitap
Dil	İbranice
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	Leaf: (height: 360 mm, width: 260 mm)
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	MS Add.628
Kayıt Numarası	cambridge_hebrew-5
Lokasyon	Cambridge University Library
Tarih	15th century
Notlar	Falaquera, Nathan ben Joel, 13th cent Nathan ben Joel Falaquera ’s learned Hebrew compendium of medicine ‘Balm for the Body’. A theoretical treatise in the tradition of the great Arabic compendia, Falaquera’s compendium was divided into four parts (theoretical medicine; practical medicine; diseases; drugs) and prefaced with a philosophical discussion on the importance of the study of medicine. Its intention was to acquaint Jewish physicians with the knowledge of medicine available in the Arabic-speaking world (both Islamic and Classical sources). It appears to have been a popular work in the 14th and 15th centuries, with more than a dozen manuscripts from this period extant. This copy, in an Ashkenazi hand on 15th-century Italian paper, is missing substantial sections, however, and seems not to have been finished, breaking off midway through a page (mid-word, in fact) on f. 145r. It is, however, a particularly fine and large manuscript, in two columns with wide margins, with skilfully executed headings in red, green, blue and brown ink, foliage and scrollwork around chapter and section headings, as well as small pen illustrations (including pierced hearts, faces, poppies, bells) frequently brightening up the section numbers. The manuscript’s first three folios are missing, so it begins with the end of the table of contents (col. 1 on f. 4r) and continues with Nathan’s introduction and the first section on theoretical medicine (4r-46v); this section closes on f. 46v with ובכאן נשלם החלק הראשון ועתה אתחיל החלק השני; the section on practical medicine follows (46v-145r) before breaking off. The title of the work is written in a later square hand at the top of f. 4r, ספר צרי הגוף. Further marginal notes, corrections and additions in various hands can be found at f. 5r and rarely throughout the text, e.g., 65r. Where illuminated headings have been cut out of the manuscript, some traces remain, e.g., f. 12r. Many smaller illuminated headings have survived, e.g., f. 21r. Descenders on the lowest line of each column are often adorned with tiny illustrations, usually faces, e.g., 34r, 35r and 40v. Section numbers are similarly treated, e.g., 57v, 58r and 112r. The censor's signature occurs at the end of the text on f. 145r, ‘Gio[vanni] dominico carretto 1610’. \| Condition: Affected by damp and ink corrosion, many initial pages torn or excised. \| Layout: 42-48 lines in two columns \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	Hebrew Manuscripts Collection
Malzeme	Paper, with unicorn watermark (Italian, 15th c.)

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Balm for the Body

Basım Tarihi 15th century

Basım Yeri - Cambridge University Library

Tür Kitap

Dil İbranice

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar Leaf: (height: 360 mm, width: 260 mm)

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası MS Add.628

Kayıt Numarası cambridge_hebrew-5

Lokasyon Cambridge University Library

Tarih 15th century

Notlar Falaquera, Nathan ben Joel, 13th cent Nathan ben Joel Falaquera ’s learned Hebrew compendium of medicine ‘Balm for the Body’. A theoretical treatise in the tradition of the great Arabic compendia, Falaquera’s compendium was divided into four parts (theoretical medicine; practical medicine; diseases; drugs) and prefaced with a philosophical discussion on the importance of the study of medicine. Its intention was to acquaint Jewish physicians with the knowledge of medicine available in the Arabic-speaking world (both Islamic and Classical sources). It appears to have been a popular work in the 14th and 15th centuries, with more than a dozen manuscripts from this period extant. This copy, in an Ashkenazi hand on 15th-century Italian paper, is missing substantial sections, however, and seems not to have been finished, breaking off midway through a page (mid-word, in fact) on f. 145r. It is, however, a particularly fine and large manuscript, in two columns with wide margins, with skilfully executed headings in red, green, blue and brown ink, foliage and scrollwork around chapter and section headings, as well as small pen illustrations (including pierced hearts, faces, poppies, bells) frequently brightening up the section numbers. The manuscript’s first three folios are missing, so it begins with the end of the table of contents (col. 1 on f. 4r) and continues with Nathan’s introduction and the first section on theoretical medicine (4r-46v); this section closes on f. 46v with ובכאן נשלם החלק הראשון ועתה אתחיל החלק השני; the section on practical medicine follows (46v-145r) before breaking off. The title of the work is written in a later square hand at the top of f. 4r, ספר צרי הגוף. Further marginal notes, corrections and additions in various hands can be found at f. 5r and rarely throughout the text, e.g., 65r. Where illuminated headings have been cut out of the manuscript, some traces remain, e.g., f. 12r. Many smaller illuminated headings have survived, e.g., f. 21r. Descenders on the lowest line of each column are often adorned with tiny illustrations, usually faces, e.g., 34r, 35r and 40v. Section numbers are similarly treated, e.g., 57v, 58r and 112r. The censor's signature occurs at the end of the text on f. 145r, ‘Gio[vanni] dominico carretto 1610’. | Condition: Affected by damp and ink corrosion, many initial pages torn or excised. | Layout: 42-48 lines in two columns | more | less

Parçası Olduğu Hebrew Manuscripts Collection

Malzeme Paper, with unicorn watermark (Italian, 15th c.)