Archival records from Transfer of Mosseri Genizah Archive from Paris to Cambridge University Library and its digitisation (with metadata), storage and accessibility:Stage 1 (EAP025)
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Magico-medical; responsum
Recto: a recipe attributed to Ḥayy Gaʾon to ascertain whether an ill person will survive, followed by a recipe to make ruby ink from Iraqi cinnabar… -
Medical
Pages from a book on ophthalmology, describing various recipes for the treatment of diseases of the eye. Substances include copper, soap, arsenic,… -
Medical
Medical text dealing with symptoms such as fever, forgetfulness, feeling cold, white bile, and weakness of the nerves and senses. Honey is… -
Medical
Small fragment from a medical work dealing with medical recipes. Ingredients include oxymel, yellow myrobalan, water lily and garden purslane.… -
Medical
Pages from a medical book, mentioning authorities such as Galen, and mainly dealing with medical problems of the head. Substances mentioned include… -
Medical
Fragment from a medical work dealing with diseases of the eye, including ailments such as inflammation of the eyelid and ophthalmia, and recipes… -
Medical
From a medical work, probably a commentary or translation of Hippocrates’ Aphorisms, since he is quoted at the end of each paragraph.… -
Medical
First page of a medical work by Ḥunayn b. Isḥāq, entitled Book of Introduction (Kitāb al-Mudḵal).Identified in Jacquart (1997: 213) as Masa'il… -
Magico-medical
Quasi-medical book, with recipes mentioning white alum, apple preserve, rhubarb preserve, rose, unripe grapes and bamboo ashes. There are magical… -
Medical
Page from a medical work, presenting medical problems, such as diabetes, and recipes for their treatment. Substances mentioned include gum Arabic,… -
Medical; document
Recto: prescription mentioning medicinal substances and their measures. Verso, written transversely in relation to recto, contains an Arabic… -
Medical
Fragment from a medical or quasi-medical notebook. Recto: a remedy using fat and fox organs. Verso: inverted in relation to recto, contains, in a… -
Medical
Recto: prescription utilising anise and a potion, with instructions to ‘crush it all’ and ‘cook in honey’. Verso: from a medical notebook or… -
Medical
From a work containing medical recipes. Ingredients include behen and musk. In margin on verso there is a prescription using cloves and lavender.… -
Medical
Page from a medical work, concerning urinary problems and treatment. Substances mentioned include olive oil and cassia.