Germany, Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.hebr. 44

Germany, Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.hebr. 44

Miscellany
Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 506 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: not available
Detailed Description
  • Layout:
    1 column

  • Hand Description:
    Two hands.
    German scripts.
  • Provenance:
    Belonged to the library of the printer Edel Kind.
History
  • Origin Date: 1552
  • Origin Place: not available
  • Israel National Library: Online catalogue of manuscripts [Link]
  • 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)
  • Moritz Steinschneider , Die hebraeischen Übersetzungen des Mittelalters und die Juden als Dolmetscher, Berlin (1893) , 325
  • Moritz Steinschneider , Die hebraeischen Handschriften der K. Hof- und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen, München (1895) , 29-30
Content
Joshua Lorki Medical treatise on plants and their uses 390v - 502r
  • Incipit:

  • Note:
    Fol. 401 l. 7 def.
Moses Narboni Oraḥ Ḥayyim 147r - 390v
  • Incipit:

  • Note:
    Fols. 148-153v: special index.
Abraham Abigdor The Royal Treasure 1r - 56v
  • Note:
    Nisan 1367; text and commentary in rhyme.
  • Colophon:
    Fol. 56v: היום יום ב’ ד’ אדר שני שי"ב לפ"ק פה עיר קדושה וניזיא
Ali Ibn Ridwan The Principles of Medicine 58r - 146v
  • Incipit:

  • Note:
    Second translation in Arles (October 10th, 1307), the first one from 1306 is lost. Not very corrupt.
Averroes General Principles of Laxative Remedies’ 502v - 506r
  • Incipit:
    שרשים כוללים בעניינים מועילים בסמים המשלשלים לחכם הגדול אבו <ו>אליד בן רש״ד
  • Explicit:
    כל דברים יצליח השם לעבודתו
  • Note:
    Translated before 1304. 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).