France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, héb. 1173

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, héb. 1173

Medical treatises
Physical Description
  • Material: Mixed
  • Pages: 137 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 375 x 244 mm
Detailed Description
  • Hand Description:
    Spanish hand, cursive script
History
  • Origin Date: 14th - 15th cent.
  • Origin Place: not available
  • Israel National Library: Online catalogue of manuscripts
  • Carsten Schliwski , "Averroes’ Medical Work in Hebrew: Translation and Compilation", in: Raphaela Veit & Carsten Schliwski (ed.), Averroes as a Physician – Intellectual and Social Contexts of Medicine in Al-Andalus (forthcoming)
  • Hermann Zotenberg , Catalogues des manuscrits hébreux et samaritains de la Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris (1866) , 215
Content
Maimonides Aphorisms of Maimonides 1v - 92r
Maimonides Treatise on Asthma 92v - 112r
Maimonides On Haemorrhoids 112r - 115v
Maimonides On Poisons 115v - 124v
Averroes Information about Diarrhoeal Diseases 126r - 127v
  • Incipit:
    מאמר השלשול לאבו וליד אבן רשד הפילוסוף
  • Explicit:
    וזאת היא העצה הנכונה ועל זה והשם יאריך בעזרתיו ובעזרתכם אמן. נשלמה אגרת השלשול מבן רשד החכם
  • Note:
    Not a work originally composed by Averroes, for details cf. C. Schliwski, Averroes' Medical Work in Hebrew. Translation and Compilation, in: R. Veit/C. Schliwski (eds.), Averroes as a Physician – Intellectual and Social Contexts of Medicine in Al-Andalus (forthcoming).
Ibn Jazzar Treatise on methods to strengthen the memory 127v - 129v
Isaac israeli On Melancholy 129v - 132v
Isaac Israeli On Hydropsy 132v - 134v
Maimonides On the Coitus 135r - 137v