University of Pennsylvania, Halper 454
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25776
- Shelfmark:
- Halper 454
- Title:
- Classified List of remedies
- Place:
- Orient
- Date:
- 11th century-13th century?
- Language:
- Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic
- Material:
- folio 1 damaged, losses from top bottom edges; fols. 2-4 nearly complete; stained, faded
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 4 fols. : folio 1 damaged, losses from top bottom edges; fols. 2-4 nearly complete; stained, faded
- Note:
- Number of lines varies according to content; text breaks in fols. 1-3 denoted by three puncti.
1r remedies extracted from dogs, from foxes, in Hebrew, starting סגולות השועל.
1v remedies extracted from ducks. in Hebrew.
2r two paragraphs of cures, in Judeo-Arabic.
2v record of words, maybe a magical chant, in Aramaic.
3r instructions in Judeo-Arabic for the preparation of different remedies, followed by Hebrew instructions for the preparation of an amulet, engraved into a heart.
4r in a different hand; contains instructions in Hebrew for preparing parchment for a Torah Scroll. Headed: עיבוד גויל של ספר תורה מן מעשה. The term מעשה usually infers a unit of transmitted practical Halakhah, most common among the literature of the Erets Israeli tradition. This too is not written as a Halakhic monograph, but rather as a recipe, in second person format:תקח עפץ. This is a...
4v (in the same hand as recto) contains the same, in Judeo-Arabic. The heading: הדא עמל אלריק.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940421303503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p31c1v076/manifest
- Holding Institution:
