Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. ebr. 567

Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. ebr. 567

Medical treatises

Physical Description
  • Material: Mixed
  • Pages: 236 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 288 x 212 mm

Detailed Description
  • Hand Description:
    Sephardic semi-cursive script.
History
  • Origin Date: Mid-14th century.
  • Origin Place: Sicily or Southern Italy
  • Israel National Library: Online catalogue of manuscripts [Link]
  • Benjamin Richler , Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican Library, Vatican City (2008) , 478-479
  • 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)
Content
Maimonides Aphorisms of Maimonides 1r - 116r
Medical treatise 119v - 135v
Draft of a letter 136r - 136v
Averroes Commentary on Avicenna’s Cantica 140r - 206r
  • Note:
    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).

Hippocrates Aphorisms with commentary by Palladius 206v - 236v
  • Note:
    Anonymous translator.