Or 2455 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Medical and other tracts in Judaeo-Persian

Contents

9 works by 3 authors

1. ff 1v-18v
Title: Meshek Yehonatan

A calendar of the Bible-readings on the Sabbaths and other occasions

Defective at the beginning

Language(s): Judaeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 39.
2. ff 18v-33v
Title: Ta‘bīrnāmah
Title: تعبیر نامه

On the interpretation of dreams

A Persian version of the Pitron Halomot ascribed to Hai Gā’ōn

Language(s): Judaeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 39.
3. ff 34v-125r
Author: Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Shifā’ī مظفر ابن محمد الحسینی الشفائی
Title: Qarābādīn-i Shifā’ī
Title: قرابادین شفائی

A treatise on medicaments

Followed by some short pieces f. 136

Language(s): Judaeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 39.
4. ff 137v-138v
Author: Joseph ben Benjamin
Title: A poem on medicine

Followed by some other short pieces 138r-139r

Language(s): Judaeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 39.
5. ff 140v-146r
Author: Yūsufī, Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad, 16th cent.
Title: Dalā’il al-nabz̤
Title: دلائل النبض

Treatise on the pulse

Language(s): Judaeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 39.
6. ff 147v-152r
Author: Yūsufī, Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad, 16th cent.
Title: Risālah-’i dalā’il al-bawl
Title: رسالۀ دلائل البول

Treatise on urine

Language(s): Judaeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 39.
7. ff 152r-155r
Author: Yūsufī, Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad, 16th cent.
Title: Risālah-’i ma’kūl u mashrūb
Title: رسالۀ مأکول و مشروب

A poem on the diet

Language(s): Judaeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 39.
8. ff 155r-162v
Author: Yūsufī, Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad, 16th cent.
Title: Jāmi‘ al-favā’id
Title: جامع الفوائض

A commentary on his own therapeutic ‘Ilāj al-amrāz̤ إعلاج الامراض , with additional matter, incomplete 155r-162v followed by some notes 162r-164v

Language(s): Judaeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 39.
9. ff 164r-196r
Author: Yūsufī, Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad, 16th cent.
Title: Parts of another medical treatise
Language(s): Judaeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 39.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 169 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 16.7 × 10 cm.

History

Origin: 1807 CE; 5567

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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